Here’s the skinny on Deep Work by Cal Newport: What is Deep Work? According to Newport, knowledge workers are able to get ahead in today’s economy if they are able to grasp two core abilities: The ability to quickly master hard things. The ability to produce at an elite level, in terms of both…

I stumbled across the Miracle Mornings concept through the Bigger Pockets podcast. To the consternation of my mother, I stopped listening to the podcast after one episode and learned nothing about real estate. However, since May, I’ve implemented Miracle Mornings into my daily morning routine. The Concept Hal Elrod describes his branded…

A Pandemic Disrupts Everything I have historically been an incredibly productive writer. From 2014–2019, I wrote 10 television pilots, 2 feature-length screenplays, a satire book, a 75,000-word novel, and a healthy slew of articles. …

This first section was written in the immediate aftermath of my loss on January 7th, 2020, as I attempted to process what had just transpired: After a six month intensive training regimen, we come to the end of our story. As you can imagine, I’m incredibly disappointed. I feel like the guy in the documentary “Somm,” the one who tried the hardest and cared the most, but ended up not passing the test. Sometimes, hard…

Well friends, we’ve reached the end of the “Road to Jeopardy!” series. Tomorrow is The Day. Regardless of the results, I’m quite pleased with how this little experiment has turned out. …

I’ve hopped on the Children’s Book Study Method perhaps a tad too late, but I must attest, children’s/middle school-level books are the way to go to get a cursory overview of any subject. …

My mom thinks I’m losing hair because I’ve been using my brain so much, and she may have a point: I’m forming a frighteningly thin patch around the area of my scalp where I part my hair. I previously wrote about how intensive brain activity can lead to staggering weight…

On Thursday, December 12th, 2019, I got The Call. For those of you who have been following since the beginning, you’ll know that I was completely prepared to continue training for a full year. Christmas came early and it looks like my intended 52-week journey will be truncated at 21 weeks. I will be taping in early January (wee!)…

The main crux of my Jep Prep consists of playing through old Jeopardy! games in the archives (I’ve been using computer whiz Andrew Thomas’ genius software). The other night, I finished playing through the entirety of season 35, minus all the special tournaments. …