Mike "Bagel"

Offsites — while yes I wrote an entire post on why I think being remote is far superior than requiring IRL, there is obviously something remarkable about being around others who are motivated and building something special alongside of you. We do a once annual offsite to get the full team together. These have been full of breakthroughs, memories,

"Between the banks of pleasure and pain flows the river of life. Happiness comes from the appreciation of this flow, not just from the pursuit of the banks."

—Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.”— Vernon Howard

“Community is what happens when you do what you love together.”
– Pete Davis

This occurs often with professional service people—coaches, wealth managers, executive assistants. There’s a funny phrase you hear when something is working. “Haha, this is like therapy.” Meaning: oh, it’s weird that we’re talking about feelings. But it shouldn’t be. Emotions are the substance of motivation, and so, if you’re trying to get people