Hi All, Welcome to the Weekly Rapport. A weekly guide of things I’m reading, doing, and experimenting with during this boring-ass quarantine. Enjoy. Quote of the Day If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough. -Mario Andretti What I'm Reading Educated by Tara Westover Wow, I think this is my favorite book I've …
The Weekly Quarantine Rapport: Cleaning is a Fun Chore Now
Hi All, Ok, I wouldn't go as far to say cleaning is "fun," quite yet. But god damn, at least it's something to do... Welcome to the Weekly Rapport. A weekly guide of things I’m reading, doing, and experimenting with. Enjoy. Quote of the Week Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the …
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The Quarantine Rapport: Let’s Cut Our Own Hair
Hi All, Welcome to the Weekly Rapport. A weekly guide of things I’m reading, doing, and experimenting with. Enjoy. Quote of the Day Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. -Sharon Begley What I'm Reading This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Medical Resident by Adam Kay Although my fiancé is a Physician …
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The COVID Rapport
Fun fact: the term "quarantine" comes from an effort to protect Venice from plague epidemics in the 14th Century. Ships arriving in Venice from infected ports were required to sit at anchor for 40 days "quaranta" before landing. I'm normally a very laid back, non-chalant guy. Unflabbable, some may say. Almost nothing can rile me …
Daily Essentials: The Books I Read Every Day No Matter What
Books offer so much valuable information, it's easy to be inspired by the lastest book you finished and go on to be a beast for the next three weeks. But then it starts to ware off. You pick up a new novel and forget all about the "you" that you were during your last reading …
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The Weekly Rapport: Range, Meaning, and Polaroid Cameras
Hi All, Welcome to the Weekly Rapport. A weekly guide of things I’m reading, doing, and experimenting with. Enjoy. Quote of the Week The way you do anything is the way you do everything. - Tom Waits What I'm Reading Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World - David Epstein You can pretty much figure …
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Year in Review: My 2019 Reading List
I always wanted to keep a full log and review of every book I've ever read. It may be too late in my life to go back and chronicle all the books I read since I was 10 years old, but I at least have a good established base of this blog and my Instagram …
What I’m Reading Lately
Here are some of the latest books I've read in the last few weeks or so, along with my thoughts on each of them. Enjoy. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running - Haruki Murakami Billions director and writer Brian Koppelman called this book "the single best distillation of the kind of focus, commitment, …
The Weekly Rapport #27: Lebron, Smash Mouth, and the Fate of Human Societies
Hi All, Here is your weekly guide of things I’m reading, doing, and experimenting with. Enjoy. What I'm Reading Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies - Jared Diamond Rightfully so, I'm usually scared to read books recommended by Bill Gates since I know they are likely going to be way over my …
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The Weekly Rapport Double Dose: Motivation, Endurance, & Vulnerability
Hi All, Here's you weekly dose of what I'm currently consuming, reading, and partaking in. Enjoy! What I'm Reading Drive - Daniel Pink I'll let my Instagram caption do the bulk of the talking on this one but as a manager, this book was so valuable for me. And if you're a teacher, coach, or …
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