Don Hall 7/6/26 Don Hall 7/6/26

I Believe… [Prioritize Outcome]

...that the question “What do I want my life to look like in my sixth decade?” is more important than the search for money, notoriety, or achievement. Deprioritize income and focus on outcome.

Don Hall 7/5/26 Don Hall 7/5/26

From Aristotle to Human Resources

How higher education stopped being a temple of curiosity and became a credential factory feeding the corporate labyrinth.

David Himmel 7/3/26 David Himmel 7/3/26

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of June 28, 2026

Earn the nap; don’t just take it.

Don Hall 6/29/26 Don Hall 6/29/26

I Believe… [Playlist Xanax]

...that few things can improve a mood more effectively than a perfectly curated playlist.

David Himmel 6/26/26 David Himmel 6/26/26

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of June 21, 2026

Nothing will humble a confident runner like multiple steep hills.

Don Hall 6/24/26 Don Hall 6/24/26

The 90% Delusion

When we’re young, we don’t know very much, but we also don’t know how much we don’t know.

Don Hall 6/22/26 Don Hall 6/22/26

I Believe… [Righteously Wrong]

...that curiosity is a muscle, and most people let it atrophy the moment they become convinced they're right.

Don Hall 6/20/26 Don Hall 6/20/26

Does the Costume Wear the Man?

How many times can a person reinvent themselves before there’s no original left underneath the paint?

David Himmel 6/19/26 David Himmel 6/19/26

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of June 14, 2026

It’s not about getting over things; it’s about getting through them.

Don Hall 6/15/26 Don Hall 6/15/26

I Believe… [Step Forward]

...that the cruel joke is that prisons and cliffs share the same architecture: an edge you’re afraid to cross. The only way to learn which one you’re standing on is to step forward and trust gravity to reveal the truth.

Don Hall 6/13/26 Don Hall 6/13/26

The Films That Predicted Today

We were warned by men in red leather jackets, plastic domes, and Rupert Pupkin.

Don Hall 6/9/26 Don Hall 6/9/26

Your Kingdom Ends at Your Fingertips

Most people are trying to captain hurricanes, negotiate with gravity, and emotionally supervise ghosts.

Don Hall 6/1/26 Don Hall 6/1/26

I Believe… [Roll On, Stone]

…that when a rolling stone finds something worth calling home, it should linger there awhile before gravity gives way to momentum again.

Don Hall 5/30/26 Don Hall 5/30/26

Attention Deficit Empire

How We Turned Every Kid Who Looked Out the Window Into a Pharmaceutical Maintenance Project.

David Himmel 5/29/26 David Himmel 5/29/26

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of May 24, 2026

The legacy of Michael Jackson is complicated. But his music simplifies it.

Don Hall 5/27/26 Don Hall 5/27/26

The Three Things Money Can’t Buy

Empires collapse, fortunes evaporate, and stocks nosedive into hell—but a deep sleep, a clean shit, and a laugh that shakes your skeleton remain the closest thing humanity has to real wealth.

David Himmel 5/26/26 David Himmel 5/26/26

On Turning 47 | Giving Myself Permission to be Myself

I give myself permission to be a living, breathing, learning, failing, succeeding, complicated human being. For if I don’t, there’s no point in celebrating a birthday.

Don Hall 5/23/26 Don Hall 5/23/26

Meaning Is Oxygen: You Don’t Notice It—Until the Room Starts to Suffocate

Or: Why you only care about what you can’t have—and why that’s the whole engine.

David Himmel 5/22/26 David Himmel 5/22/26

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of May 17, 2026

Mastering disappointment is more productive than villainizing it.

David Himmel 5/19/26 David Himmel 5/19/26

The Collective Fall from the Rise of the Elite

When we prioritize profit without considering the human influence, we run the grand risk of ruining people’s livelihoods. And that will always have a trickle down economic effect. But not in the way Reagan intended.