ARTICLES
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2022
June 14: Lyrics I Love #37: By and By
May 2: Lyrics I Love #35: Beaumont
April 2: Lyrics I Love #34: Love and Mercy
March 6: Lyrics I Love #33: Wasted Days
February 10: Lyrics I Love #32: Secrets
January 25: Lyrics I Love #31: Statistician’s Blues
January 2: Lyrics I Love #30: How Long
2021
December 1: Lyrics I Love #29: Mellow My Mind
November 1: Lyrics I Love #28: Past Lives
October 24: Excerpt from Tom Collins: A ‘Slightly Crooked’ Novel
October 1: Lyrics I Love #27: Rainbow Connection
September 22: Poem #4: Oops
September 14: Lyrics I Love #26: Something American
August 24: Lyrics I Love #25: Two
May 17: Poem #3: Never Scared
April 19: Poem #2: Again
April 2: Lyrics I Love #21: Funeral
March 9: Poem #1: It Only Takes One
February 1: Lyrics I Love #20: Somewhere North of Nashville
January 3: Lyrics I Love #19: Wasted and Rollin’
2020
December 18: Lyrics I Love #18b: Have Love, Will Travel
December 12: Lyrics I Love #18a: The Waiting
December 1: Morning After #23: I’d Read This If I Were You
November 24: Morning After #22: Why I Love Pie
November 17: Lyrics I Love #17: Just Breathe
November 10: Morning After #21: More Just Means More
November 3: Lyrics I Love #16: Rocket Queen
October 27: Morning After #20: Stick and Move
October 12: Morning After #19: Option 1 is Risky
October 5: Lyrics I Love #15: The Cape
October 1: Morning After #18: How Long Do You Have to Be Celibate to Be Reconstituted a Virgin?
September 21: Morning After #17: Feelings Head On
September 14: Lyrics I Love #14: Time for Me to Fly
September 4: Morning After #16: Attraction is Fleeting
August 11: Lyrics I Love #13: New York
August 3: Morning After #14: The Beauty in 33
July 15: Lyrics I Love #12: Pale Blue Eyes
July 7: Morning After #12: Bleed Out
June 17: Lyrics I Love #11: The River
April 30: Morning After #10: There Are Plenty of People Doing That
April 15: Lyrics I Love #9: When I Get to Heaven
March 31: Lyrics I Love #8: Keep Me in Your Heart
March 13: Morning After #8: I Wasn’t Really Asking for Advice
February 27: Lyrics I Love #7: Rocks Off
February 14: Morning After #7: A Letter to Love
February 6: The Accident: Inside the Ambulance (Outtake)
January 31: Lyrics I Love #6: A Little Bit of Everything
January 24: What a Porn Expo Taught Me About Dating
January 16: Morning After #6: The Moment
January 4: Lyrics I Love #5: Mississippi
2019
December 13: Morning After #5: I Found You
December 6: Lyrics I Love #4: I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love with You
November 28: 10 Great Books I Read in 2019
November 15: Morning After #4: You'll Never Know
November 8: Lyrics I Love #3: Don't Let Me Down
November 1: The Greatest Decision of Your Life
October 17: Morning After #3: Creeping, Crawling, and Clawing
October 10: Lyrics I Love #2: Live Oak
October 3: Escape the Rat Race: 47 Lessons for Every Twenty-Something (or Anyone Else)
September 12: Morning After #2: I Wanted to Tell You, But Somehow I Couldn’t
September 6: Lyrics I Love #1: Square One
August 30: A Modern-Day Dating Problem: Two Questions That Need Answers
July 6: How to Be Happy
June 1: This Is Life
April 3: 5 Songs That Will Move You to Tears
March 1: Why I Do What I Do: A Manifesto
February 2: The Problem with Star Wars
January 6: One Bad Habit You Can’t Run From
2018
December 31: NEW Book Club for 2019
December 12: Here's What People Really Want
November 15: An Urge Worth Fighting
October 11: Walt Disney, Apple, and Nintendo Are All Liars
September 13: The Hope Model: A 3-Step Process to Change Your Life
July 10: 5 Ways to Embrace the Unknown
June 12: 10 Reasons You’ll Fail at Selling Whatever You’re Selling
April 10: The Outcome Fallacy
March 13: Here’s Something Dr. Oz was Right About
February 6: The Most Important Question You're NOT Asking
January 2: The ONE Secret That Richard Branson, Warren Buffett, and 16 Others Want You to Know
*From 2016 to 2017, I wrote 169 blog posts and reviewed 91 books. The intent was good. The ideas, too. But the writing, eh—so I decided to spare you—feel free to go diggin’ in the crates!
PODCAST EPISODES
2022
Aug ‘22 - present: It’s Not What It Seems has officially transitioned to Books for Men, a podcast to inspire (more) men to read. Visit: BooksforMen.org.
2019
August 24: #44 - All Things Come to an End
August 17: #43 - David JP Fisher: How to Not Suck at Networking
June 30: #40 - Book of the Month: Stumbling on Happiness (Jun ‘19)
June 7: #38 - Douglas Vigliotti: Interview on The Gap (Part II)
May 12: #35 - Why I Do What I Do
April 27: #34 - Book of the Month: The Case Against Education (Apr '19)
April 21: #33 - don Jose Ruiz: On Living Better Through Storytelling
April 13: #32 - The Problem with Star Wars
March 31: #31 - Book of the Month: Barking Up the Wrong Tree (Mar '19)
March 24: #30 - Douglas Vigliotti: Interview on The Gap (Part I)
March 19: #29 - One Bad Habit You Can't Run From
March 10: #28 - Bob Roth: The Power of Transcendental Meditation
February 24: #27 - Book of the Month: Factfulness (Feb '19)
February 17: #26 - An Urge Worth Fighting
February 11: #25 - Chip Conley: The Case for Rewiring Not Retiring
January 27: #24 - Book of the Month: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Jan’19)
January 20: #23 - Jay Acunzo - Why Context Matters More Than Anything
January 13: #22 - Walt Disney, Apple, and Nintendo Are All Liars
2018
December 23: #21 - Rapid Fire Recap of 2018
December 16: #20 - Seth Godin: This Isn't Marketing, It's So Much More
December 9: #19 - Joe Sweeney: On Improving Education and Making Better Decisions
December 2: #18 - Martin Gurri: How New Media Has Changed Public Opinion
November 25: #17 - The Hope Model
November 18: #16 - Jay Baer: A Better Way to Get People Talking About You
November 11: #15 - Tyler Cowen: On How to Improve Society and Change the World
November 4: #14 - Bradley Tusk: The Truth About Politics and Politicians
October 28: #13 - 5 Ways to Embrace the Unknown
October 21: #12 - don Miguel Ruiz Jr: An Ancient Philosophy for Modern Times
October 14: #11 - Annie Duke: On Making Decisions Under Pressure & Battling Stereotypes
October 7: #10 - Greg Mckeown: How to Discover Who You're Meant to Be
September 30: #9 - 12 Breadcrumbs That Might Help You Find Your Way
September 23: #8 - Ryan Serhant: Sales Secrets of a Real Estate Mogul
September 16: #7 - Herb Cohen: The World's Best Negotiator
September 9: #6 - Mark Goulston: Dealing with the Impossible People in Your Life
September 2: #5 - The Most Important Question You're NOT Asking
August 26: #4 - Annie Duke: Life Lessons, Poker Stories, & Decision Strategies
August 19: #3 - Loretta Breuning: Rewiring Your Brain for Happiness
August 14: #2 - Steve Sims: The Modern Day Wizard of Oz
August 13: #1 - The Outcome Fallacy
August 9: Trailer: What is It's Not What It Seems?