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Fudge, I loved that guy and his work. I still remember how fun it was to binge The Road in a single day. I don't think I left my couch from the early morning on through to the late evening. Such a compelling and gripping writer.

I moved my family as the town I lived in did exactly this. They also removed support programs for those falling behind vs racing ahead. All under the equity banner.

The New town we moved to is great. Oldest kid in accelerated programs, accelerating. Younger kid got the support she needed to catch up. :chefs_kiss:

Taking a step back, I don’t know how ‘equity’ got twisted into creating a lowering tide for all vs. a rising tide for all. So confusing.

I'm on this plan (the zero interest loan plan designed to drive an annual upgrade) and it isn't exactly free.

The loan is absolutely zero interest, but I get ~$200 in fees when I upgrade from AT&T. It's enough where I didn't upgrade from the X to the 11.

I have also since switched to Google Fi and don't know if that same fee exists with them ....

What made you stop doing this?

I'm currently doing something similar at the moment, and I can't imagine I would want to go back to a traditional M-F 9-5 schedule.

Over the past two years of my personal and professional life I've materially stressed slowing down to go fast. That means more down time to contemplate, plan, think, etc.

I still get up insanely early (always been one of those people) but I use that time for me between cooking, exercise, reading, thinking, meditating, etc.

Not sprinting to work (whether it be from home or in the office) has led to less hours "working" but more getting done with higher quality.

Now, I can't all pin it on going slower. It is probably cumulative between that time spent on me, focused on my kids (I take them to school almost every day now), and higher energy/focus time on work.

I've always said you can't schedule creativity (and no matter what your role within Product Development direct/indirect) we are all creative folks solving hard problems. I just don't fill that downtime with staring at my PC and instead invest it on me.

When in office I've even started taking a mid-afternoon nap. That also has had a big effect. I'm kinda rambling at this point, but taking material steps back daily have led to significant improvements in my throughput across the board.

$0.02

Whole Foods me.

As a parent, put a craft beer/craft coffee in my hand (mark that up too, I'll pay) and give my kids and myself an experience, more than just a static display.

Blicks, a store for art supplies has done this with wine nights, painting lessons (with wine), etc.

Ignoring all the damn alcohol, it's brands that will compete by creating an experience that may stand a chance (IMO)

The statistics may prove meaningless. It's the emotional reaction of our legislators. Take the recent legislation regarding a single killed dog by United Airlines (my condolences to the family members/owners of that dog) vs. deaths via [insert any other thing that has multiple deaths and is currently under regulated].

I and fellow colleagues had to do this once. As a founder I gave up 7 years of building that company due to some really unethical moves by the CEO.

At the end of the day, as a c-suite officer, I would have been liable by being complicit.

Once I stated my objection, I and my fellow c-suite colleagues went to the board with our objection, and CEO decided to continue executing the unethical behavior, I and a few of my c-suite colleagues all bailed. That sucked hard.

PS. That signal from us leaving ended up preventing the securities fraud that was about to happen.