🔉Listen and subscribe to the audio recording of Look Who’s Back here on the Underline This Podcast.🎙️ What happens when history’s darkest figure is dropped into today’s world, and people laugh instead of recoil in fear? Look Who’s Back by Timur Vermes is an incredible satire. And satire has always been one of the sharpest … More Look Who’s Back – A Warning for Today 🚨

🔉Listen and subscribe to the audio recording of The Road here on the Underline This Podcast.🎙️ Recently, I’ve had a fever for Cormac McCarthy’s writing. In 3 weeks I’ve read Blood Meridian, No Country for Old Men, and the one I finished last night at 12:48am on Saturday, was The Road. One more of the … More Carrying the Fire – The Road Review

🔉Listen and subscribe to the audio recording of Blood Meridian here on the Underline This Podcast.🎙️ There aren’t many books that I can sit down and read in one sitting, and No Country for Old Men is one of them. I’ve read this book three times now.  I’ll start with some background on the author, … More No Country for Old Men

🔉Listen and subscribe to the audio recording of Blood Meridian here on the Underline This Podcast.🎙️ Of all the books I’ve ever read, and I don’t say this lightly, the best written is Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian. It’s a challenge to read for its extreme gritty violence, unique biblically written style and bleakness. I’ll start … More Bloody Blood Meridian

Our experiences are gold mines—we just have to dig.🪏 When we take time to reflect on our past, we uncover moments filled with meaning. Stories, like metaphors and allegories, help us teach lessons to ourselves and others. It’s like sifting through memory with a gold pan—searching for the flakes of wisdom buried in the dirt. … More Golden Nuggets: Turning Moments into Meaning 💭

In Outwitting the Devil, Napoleon Hill presents a provocative idea: the greatest threat to our potential isn’t failure—it’s drifting. In a fictional interview with the Devil, Hill uncovers how this force quietly robs people of their purpose and drive. 😈 The Devil describes a drifter as: “One who permits themselves to be influenced and controlled … More Avoiding “Groundhog Day”

Building Real Relationships That Matter Becoming a networking machine means creating authentic relationships at every opportunity—online, in person, and in the in-between moments. Each of us builds our own community and network. Think of it like constructing a structure: every brick represents a relationship. Some bricks are inherited, like family. Others are ones we choose … More Become a Networking Machine 🤖

Jealousy. One of the most insidious emotions we face. Teddy Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States and a larger-than-life figure, put it simply: “Comparison is the thief of joy.” Comparison is a thief with no fair exchange. It’s a virus that attacks your gratitude, your fulfillment, and your sense of enough. This warning … More Thief of Joy

Discouragement is a dam to progress. 🦫 This past week, I’ve been aiming high—pursuing opportunities that could lead to real growth. But as I prepared, practiced visualizing myself succeeding, and thought about the change that would come, I felt an unexpected weight. Despair and insidious thoughts crept into psyche and whispered: “You’re wasting your time.” … More Entering the Arena 🥊

Last night, my wife and I carved out a simple pleasure. A late-night post-gym meal at home. The soundtrack to our unwinding? “Queen’s Greatest Hits” spinning on our vinyl record player. Our dinner was simple, easy to make, delicious homemade goodness. Refreshing apple, cucumber, and banana blended into a strawberry smoothie, alongside crunchy whole grain … More To the Little Moments 💎