I have to tell you, I've listened to all sorts of stories here. And found them all to be valuable. Some really even spectacular. But something about the way James has thought through his business and was completely open about sharing his successes and challenges along the way made this one especially helpful to me. I hope you find it as useful as I have. Now... here's James Whittaker.
Movies matter. Especially in America. Especially to me. Especially this one that has taught me so much about the way people think and want to think and need to think.
Alex Cuesta and Dave Hyatt are first and foremost, fans. They’ve been athletes themselves. And coaches. They’re teachers and friends. But maybe more than anything, they’re fans. They love track & field and cross country. And that is what inspired them to start the Running in Ovals podcast dedicated to the sport.
Today, we're talking about helping people. Specifically in their careers. What we've landed on is that sometimes, maybe more than sometimes, old school makes all the difference. Chris Miller, with his patner, created a creative staffing agency called Topfolio which takes a particularly human approach that's about more than just numbers. And I think that matters. I think that will always matter.
Dave Armstrong is an entrepreneur, a retired Lt. Col. in the US Marine Corps, board member of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, and host and creator of the Moments in Leadership podcast. He's an old friend, a great guy and a terrific storyteller in his own right.
Dan Lievens is a serial entrepreneur in the purest sense. Founder of 12 different businesses including ShareOne, Dan operates under a singular theme - that if each of us is somehow able to share one fundamental, transformative story of our lives, what a different world we might be able to live in!
I met Charley Huldal on my first trip to St. Andrews. With my dad. We played golf. We sipped whisky. And Charley and his wife, Ray, welcomed us home. And for that, we, I will be forever grateful.
Why Yellow Matters is about communicating. Writing. Deciding. Understanding. Thinking things. Deciding things. Writing things. It is about brevity and balance. Cleverness and chaos and clarity. The hard things and the great things and opening yourself up to the zone. But most simply, it’s about taking the time to ask why. It is about how important it is sometimes, often, to take the time to think about what you’re saying and doing and why that matters to you and other people. Other human beings in the world. I didn’t set out to write this book. I just had one idea one day that I thought was important and I started writing it down.
We sat down with longtime Penn Relays Meet Director, Dave Johnson, on this Friday that should have been the 126th Friday running of the carnival. Unfortunately, due to the Covie-19 pandemic, the historic meet was cancelled for the first time in its long tenure as the biggest and best relay meet in the world.
