Life, Leadership, and Money Matters
About Carl Safina Carl Safina’s lyrical non-fiction writing explores how humans are changing the living world, and what the changes mean for non-human beings and for us all. His work fuses scientific understanding, emotional connection, and a moral call to action. His writing has won a MacArthur “genius” prize; Pew,…
The stupid toilet paper subscription service Imagine for a minute that you have a toilet paper subscription service. Your subscription package is called the Mega Twenty. Every month you get 20 rolls of toilet paper. If in any particular month you use only 18 rolls, you have to throw away…
About Tracy LaLonde Tracy LaLonde is an entrepreneur, speaker, and business development coach with 28 years of experience in professional public speaking and 19 years in the legal industry. As the founder of Xaphes, Tracy helps lawyers harness their authentic confidence to be phenomenal versions of themselves and build better…
Interview with Carlos Valdes-Dapena Carlos Valdes-Dapena is an organization development professional, author, and speaker with a focus on unlocking organizational performance through leadership and collaboration. He worked for Mars, Inc from 2000-2017. Prior to Mars, Carlos was an internal leadership coach and consultant working with IBM’s senior leaders.
About Peter Burke Ulick Peter Burke (born August 16, 1937, in Stanmore, England) is a British historian and professor. He lives at the University of Cambridge, where he holds the title of Professor Emeritus of Cultural History and Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Burke is celebrated as a historian not…

I bought Airbnb at its 2020 IPO, then sold after 10 days. Six years later, the stock is up just 20%, trailing the S&P 500. Here’s what I learned.