Summer is quickly wrapping up and we’ve got a lot of projects we’d like to get done before winter comes and the snow flies. So we’re going to take a break and we will return with more episodes starting Tuesday November 3rd – be sure to mark your calendars. Talk to you soon.

Courage isn’t a feeling — it’s action with fear still in the room. This week, Mike & Adrian dig into the tangled relationship between courage and action: why waiting to “feel ready” is a trap, how bold moves can happen with zero courage behind them, and how the bravest thing someone does might be invisible...

Sometimes we’re missing details. Sometimes things just don’t click, and we need clarity on what we actually heard. In this episode, Mike & Adrian unpack why we avoid asking clarifying questions — and the real cost of staying silent instead: resentment, misaligned expectations, damaged relationships, and projects or tasks that go wrong simply because nobody...

What happens when you follow a treasure map into the Minnesota woods and come face-to-face with a 42-foot wooden giant?  You remember why adventuring matters.  In this episode, Mike and Adrian share the story of their troll hunt in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota — home to five massive sculptures by Danish recycling artist Thomas Dambo, whose...

What makes a hobby a hobby — and not a side hustle or a chore? In this episode, Mike and Adrian explore the joy of doing something purely because you love it and why so many adults feel guilty about it. They also get out their shovels and dig up the hobbies that have been...

We were working on an upcoming episode on hobbies and were talking about the ones that we don’t do much anymore. Mike went through spurts of writing poetry over the years, and we thought we’d share some today – enjoy!

We live in a culture that’s made it acceptable — even sophisticated — to keep your options open. But what happens when your word stops meaning anything? Mike and Adrian go deep on the real anatomy of commitment: what it costs, what it builds, and what it says about who you’re becoming.

You know that feeling — it’s 2am, you’re replaying a conversation from this morning, and your brain absolutely refuses to let it go. That’s not thinking. That’s rumination. And most of us are way better at it than we’d like to be. In this episode, Mike and Adrian get honest about their own spirals —...