Thoughts Brewing Blog

A lot more people have switched to remote work over the last few years.

The last Book Brew post discussed beginning with the end in mind and mentioned how we can fall victim to “climbing the ladder of success only to discover it’s leaning against the wrong wall.” Another piece of this is falling into what Covey calls the “Activity Trap.” He...

AI tools are progressing quickly.  A good example of what’s coming is Google’s Illuminate.  Its focus is turning academic papers into AI-generated audio discussions.

The idea seems paradoxical to start at the end, but it is a recommendation I keep seeing over and over again—so it's kinda hard not to listen to it.

There is an art and a science behind creating useful prompts for AI tools like ChatGPT.

I like to play games. Games were a huge part of my childhood—whether they were board games (Clue was one of my favorites!) or card games (huge Canasta fan), in our house, we played a lot of games. Gonna date myself a bit here, but once computer games became a thing, I...

You know that you want to start a business.  You know that you (and your team) have in-demand skills.  You aren’t quite sure how to put those skills together yet.

“We didn’t measure!!  We didn’t measure!!” - Cleveland Brown, Jr.

“You want me to do TWO things!?!” - Bender

The proverb “measure twice, cut once” is very well known since it has been around for centuries. (Funny story here: I just learned the difference between an adage...

We all have problems.  If you happen to not have any, just wait.  One is coming.  Or your problem could be that you can’t recognize problems…

We have the power to be completely free within ourselves, regardless of our external circumstances. It isn’t an easy power to wield, but once mastered, it is everything.