If you love what you do, it’s easy to get out of bed in the morning and keep doing it.

Zach Mercurio is the author of “The Power of Mattering” and teaches a course with Simon Sinek on how leaders can show people they matter.

People have their best days at work when they make progress on meaningful work.

To show people they matter, we can ask them… and then do more of those things.

People transitioning into new life phases are at risk of not feeling productive, if their meaningful work comes to an end.

We can show people they matter by providing evidence of how their work benefits others.

Cool to see "Like" front and center in airport bookstores this weekend. Bob Goodson and Martin Reeves share such an interesting story about how Bob (and others) created the Like button, while also exploring how innovation often/actually happens.

They take action to align their identities with structure, they strive to be aware of what’s working, and then they adapt accordingly.

We can show people we need them by pointing out what wouldn’t get done without them.

Todd Herman works with the highest achievers in sports & business. He’s the author of the book The Alter Ego Effect, and he helped Kobe Bryant develop his alter ego, The Black Mamba.

The more diversified energy sources countries have, the greater potential for resiliency when shocks hit the system.

Though creating an alter-ego can feel inauthentic or weird, creating a model of the person we want to become can help us behave in ways that will allow us to reach our goals.

An electric car only becomes less carbon intensive than a combustion engine after 100,000 miles.

We all have multiple identities, but being thoughtful about the identities we adopt and create can help us become the best versions of ourselves.

Was fun to talk going back to school at age 29, 32, & 37. And I love Charlie Munger's take on patience (the art of waiting without tiring of waiting) and opportunities (Our game is to recognize a big idea when it comes along, when one doesn’t come along very often).

There are no simple solutions when it comes to energy policy. Only trade offs.

There is power in using our identity to reach our most ambitious goals.

A simple question that helped bring us Yelp and the Like button: deseret.com/opinion/2025/0…

To get a glimpse of who ⁦Kannon Shanmugam is (and why⁩ he was just appointed to the Harvard Corporation), I thought this interview with Kannon was excellent. ⁦Stephen E. Sachs⁩ ⁦Steve McGuire⁩ ⁦Howard Bashman⁩ ⁦Harvard University⁩ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mei…

Bryan Kehl's story is one of the most touching, inspiring, unbelievable stories I've ever heard...how he was adopted at birth, played college football, made it to the NFL, and eventually tracked down his birth parents. This interview is still the #1 most downloaded episode of