Life is filled with busyness. When something or someone comes along to smooth the way and make life a little easier, we’re more than willing to give them our attention and our money. In an attention-starved world, we look for people who make it easier for us to consume information and make decisions. Pay attention to these curators. They care. Timeless Leadership has been named a Top 50 Podcast in the Management category by Goodpods. Links * Episode 73: The Fediverse with Mike McCue * The...

The web can be a complicated place. And for almost as long as it has existed, Mike McCue’s mission has been to make the content of the internet more easily accessible. From Netscape in the 1990s to TellMe in the 2000s to Flipboard in the 2010s, Mike’s entrepreneurial spirit has guided him, and society has been the beneficiary. And now, with the advent of the Fediverse, Mike is at it again, helping creators move their content from walled gardens to a system that lets them share content with...

Often in our careers, we’re focused on our destinations — the job title, the salary, the external symbols that notch our success, and the associated reputational wealth in the eyes of those who see us. We’re fixated on being when we should be intent on becoming. What are we doing, enjoying, and sharing that inform who we are? Whether it’s personal or professional, learning is the key to our growth. And in this episode, there’s a short letter I reread to help remind me about the power of...

At times, work can dominate our lives, taking up our thoughts and energy, making any outside activities seem impossible. But Kate Volman believes in the power of outside passions to help make us better at what we do and who we are. As the CEO of Floyd Consulting and author of Do What You Love: A Guide to Living Your Creative Life without Leaving Your Job, Kate's mission is to help people become better versions of themselves, and that’s partially done by helping them embrace their...

This is the second in our four-part series on core leadership skills. In 1831 Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote “It is a luxury to be understood,” and it is still a luxury in the modern day. Perhaps even more so, given the number of modes of communication and fractured attention. Communication is at the very core of your leadership. Without it, you have nothing. Which is why working on your communication skills is so important. Links * Previous episode in this series: Core Leadership Skill:...

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith has worked with hundreds of very high achievers throughout his career as an executive coach. And in doing so, he noticed something: happiness does not come from achievement. So he wrote his latest book, The Earned Life, to address that. It will start you on a fresh journey that goes beyond your last achievement and helps you minimize your regrets, allowing you to live the life you were meant to live. We are living an earned life when the choices, risks, and effort we...

Join us as we embark on a four-part series on core leadership skills. Inscribed on the Temple of Apollo in the 5th century B.C., the phrase “Know thyself” is considered a universal truth. So it’s appropriate that the first leadership skill we’re exploring is self-awareness. Too many leaders are tone-deaf or ego-driven to be self-aware. And yet, it’s probably the single most important leadership skill, as it makes it possible for other skills to grow. Links * Related Timeless & Timely...

There are many resources out there for self-employed business owners. But when it comes to Jeffrey Shaw’s approach, it’s resonant with Timeless Leadership. Jeffrey’s book The Self-Employed Life: Business and Personal Development Strategies That Create Sustainable Success helps business owners focus on the values that are important to them and develop their own ecosystem for success. Built on the idea that your level of success rarely exceeds your level of personal development, it provides a...

When we’re busy with [waves hands around] life, we can miss out on things that are essential for us to see. Or not see, as the case may be. Who we are is reflected in how we show up (or don’t) and what we choose to say (or not). Those things that aren’t seen can send some of the most powerful messages. And we can learn a lot about other people by paying attention to those details. Links * The Gift * Looking Through Another’s Eyes * The Emptiness of Indifference * The American Spirit: Who We...

Leaders, by their very nature, tend to see things differently than other people. One of the terms we’re hearing more about, particularly in the workplace, is neurodiversity. And Peter Shankman is helping companies understand what that means and how they can benefit from it, through his speaking, his books Faster Than Normal and The Boy with the Faster Brain , and his podcast Faster Than Normal. He joins Timeless Leadership to share some of his observations about living with ADHD and how...

Communication is the bedrock of leadership, and it’s based on a leader’s ability to think and to write — which in turn is built on being a reader. The connection between leadership, storytelling, communication, and reading is immutable, and if you’re willing to embrace curiosity and lifelong learning, you’ll find the world of leadership awaits. And you won’t want to miss a story about a literary hoax in this episode… Links * Words Matter * To Read Is to Live * Books Are Passports We’re...

If you’ve ever thought about writing a book, this is for you. If you’ve ever read a business book and wondered what goes into it, this is for you. Josh Bernoff helps nonfiction authors succeed. He’s been doing it with a high degree of success himself and has documented how you can in his latest book: Build a Better Business Book: How to Plan, Write, and Promote a Book That Matters (Amplify 2023). He brings us on a journey of the struggles and rewards of writing a book, including everything...

We’re living in a post-truth society. Truth and facts matter — not only because they provide a foundation of reality, but because when we’re truthful, we tell the world who we are. As leaders, the truth matters more than we might like. Honesty, transparency, trust, and loyalty are on a continuum, and truth is the foundation of that. Please support my work. By voting with your inbox, you show your commitment to going faster by slowing down. Links * Lou Paskalis on Timeless Leadership #61 *...

It isn’t often you'll see a marketer who champions journalism. Lou Paskalis is passionate concept of brand safety and suitability is now more necessary than ever, as brands need to protect themselves from adjacency to questionable content, platforms, and values — in all forms of media. One of the greatest concerns of every CEO is reputational risk and in order to guard against this, they need their marketing and communications teams working together. We touch on the third rail of ESG and DEI,...

Integrity doesn’t get the headlines. And yet it’s one of the most important things that Warren Buffet considers when he hires people. Buffet’s longtime vice chairman Charlie Munger passed away last week, and I considered some of their wisdom as the backdrop for this episode as it relates to integrity. Tune in for that, as well as a story about how an executive turned down tens of millions of dollars offered to him. We’d love to count you as a subscriber. Your support makes this important...

If you were faced with the prospect of losing your business, losing friends, and being ostracized in your industry for simply doing what you thought was right, do you think you be able to do it? That's exactly the scenario that faced Rick Wilson, co-founder of The Lincoln Project and 30-year advertising veteran for Republican political candidates. When he chose to break from the party to stop Donald Trump, he lost nearly everything. He was humiliated and horrified, but he didn’t trade his...

The pace with which the management changes happened at OpenAI this weekend is analogous to the pace of change of the technology itself. While “move fast & break things” may have worked for Facebook (cough), there are other considerations when it comes to humanity-affecting AI. Give some deliberation to becoming a free or paid subscriber. Links * Episode 57: Burn Book with Kara Swisher * Episode 55: The Gutenberg Parenthesis with Jeff Jarvis * Artificial general b******t (BuzzMachine) *...

It’s not often you get a chance to interview an industry legend. Kara Swisher is one of the top voices in the media today talking about technology and its impact on our lives. With two regular podcasts and now as a regular panelist on The Chris Wallace Show on CNN, Kara can always be counted on for her tough but fair questioning style, her no-nonsense approach, and her insistence that the human impact be considered along with every iteration of technology. In this wide-ranging conversation,...

“Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.” — C.S. Lewis, 1960  We spend an awful lot of time trying to figure out how to best use ChatGPT and marveling at the things AI can do for us. But one thing we can do for each other is to show our affection. Call it kindness, decency, empathy, or any other name, the point remains: we have within us something that AI can never replicate. Your affection is hereby requested as a subscriber. ...

When Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1450, it ushered in a modern era. Or so we thought. It was embraced and fought, but the very notion that print was supposed to simplify knowledge was turned on its head: instead, print multiplied knowledge, and often in unexpected ways. Jeff Jarvis, in his latest book The Gutenberg Parenthesis: The Age of Print and Its Lessons for the Age of the Internet, helps us understand how we’re now at the modern equivalent of 1450 and that we need...

“It is very lonesome at the summit!”“Like a man’s life, when he has climbed to eminence.” — Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1860 Even when we reach the top, we’re not alone. We always have others to call upon, even if they’re not colleagues. Trusted advisors keep us focused, remind us of the importance of relationships, help us keep our egos in check, and help us become lifelong learners and servants. Some quotes from this episode that reflect the value of our advisors: “If a man does not make new...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.timelesstimely.com For members of the Ampersand Guild, our premium subscription tier, the conversation with continues. Sign up to join the Ampersand Guild today, where you get exclusive content from us. Dr. Chervinsky is the author of The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution and co-editor of Mourning the Presidents: Loss and Legacy in Amer…

It’s tempting to think of the presidential cabinet as having always been in place. But, like the development of the U.S., government itself, it was gradual and it involved the initial leadership of George Washington. Dr. , Senior Fellow at the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University and author The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution, joins us to discuss this important step in the evolution of presidential leadership. In the...

There is one commodity that is the great equalizer for everyone in the world: time. There are 24 hours in a day for each of us. The question is how we use it. Decision-making is expected at lightning speed, even with the complexity and rigors swirling around us. And while speed is important, so is accuracy. Your decisiveness ought to be guided by wisdom and acuity as well as by velocity. Links * Episode 51: The Time to Win with Jay Baer * Off the Clock newsletter * The Time to Win (book) *...