Hi All,
Here is your weekly guide of things I’m reading, doing, and experimenting with. Enjoy.
What I’m Reading
High Performance Habits – Brendon Burchard
Honestly I had no intention of reading this but I was at my parent’s house last weekend and grabbed it off the shelf before I left since it looked interesting and I once heard Brendon Burchard on Lewis Howes’ School of Greatness podcast.
It’s not what you think. Burchard doesn’t go into diets, workouts, morning routines, and daily rituals of the world’s most successfull people. Instead he gives actionable requests based off the 6 characteristics he has found the world’s highest performers have. And when he says high performers he means people who have demonstrated consistent success over a long period of time.
To become a high performer, Burchard says you must seek clarity, generate energy, raise necessity, increase productivity, develop influence, and demonstrate courage.
Great Article I’m Reading
What’s a Scarlet Letter? The Improbable Reinvention of A-Rod: It really is remarkable how A-Rod has transformed his image since retiring from baseball. Even as a Yankees fan, I never liked A-Rod since he seemed so phony and fake – a prima donna at times, while his teammate Derek Jeter was the epitome of class. But now it’s almost as if A-Rod and Jeter switched places post-career. A-Rod has become one of the most beloved people in New York and baseball. His goofy, awkward, on-air image for Fox, ESPN, Barstool and CNBC is of a confident expert business man. He is engaged to one of the most famous and gorgeous people on the planet, creating a power couple of Jay-Z/Beyonce proportions. Safe to say he is crushing it.
Obviously Jeter is still the king of New York when he comes back, but he definitely has not done a good job on his image since leaving the Yankees. He made a firesale of his team of All-Stars in Miami, has answered questions all the wrong ways, and hasn’t appeard at a Yankees function in at least three years. A-Rod on the other hand, is dominating the social media game, podcast game, business game, image game, and analyst game. Amazing transformation.
Wild Stat
Apple has a lot of spare change. So much so, that they could theoretically buy Nike, Twitter, Ferrari, and Manchester United and still have $25 BILLION in cash left over. Woah.
Video I Can’t Stop Watching
Lil Dicky is such a unique rapper. He’s part comedian, and full rapper. You may know him for his funny songs like $ave Dat Money or Freaky Friday but this video proves he has the chops to be considered a full on musician. As you can tell by his name, he is self-depricating and almost makes a mockery of rap but is able to do so in such a creative and funny way that no one is offended. I fell down a rabbit hole of Lil Dicky YouTube videos yesterday.
Podcast You Should Check Out
My uncle Dick is an anchor for CBS NY and WLNY. As a fellow reader and self-help fanatic I appreciated his appearance on The Life Mastery podcast with Steven D’Arecco. They talk about success, technology, sports and some of Dick’s funniest moments in front of the camera.
Music of the Week
As you may know, The Black Keys are my favorite band. They just came out with a new album TODAY. It’s called “Let’s Rock”. The first song should do the trick for you.
Have a great weeked!
-KB
P.S. – Regarding my post on Allbirds last week. My pair of Whitecap tree liners came and they were super comfortable. I just couldn’t get over the fact that I looked like a dork in them so I made the return. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to rock sneakers with jeans. I hope that’s a good thing.