March 4, 2026
I previously did a Rise & Whine episode about the book Blue Collar Journal by John Coleman, who was a Harvard College president in the 1970s. […]
February 25, 2026
This morning, when I backed out of a parking spot after a brief stop, I heard a grinding sound. I thought, Oh no, my car isn’t […]
February 18, 2026
I recently walked by a training room in a building I was visiting, and I noticed something that really stuck with me. The first time I […]
February 11, 2026
I was reading a business newsletter this morning, and it mentioned two companies that had partnered on a project. The subheading alluded to a saying: If […]
February 4, 2026
In one of my favorite old sitcoms, Get Smart, actor Don Adams played Agent 86, Maxwell Smart, who worked for a U.S. spy agency called CONTROL. […]
January 28, 2026
In a fascinating study on how people use visual cues to decide how much to eat, researchers set up two conditions. In the first, participants ate […]
January 21, 2026
One of my favorite expressions in sports comes from the world of tennis: holding serve. This means that the player who is serving wins the games […]
January 14, 2026
I saw a video the other day about a hamburger stand that only served burgers one way—you either took it as they made it or not […]
January 7, 2026
One of my favorite phrases is: Is the juice worth the squeeze? It’s an excellent way to evaluate whether what we’re getting from something is worth […]
