by Michael Rucker | Sep 30, 2026 | Live Life Love Newsletters
Why do we keep coming back to some things and quietly walk away from others? It’s a question I’ve been circling since The Fun Habit, and a couple of weeks ago I got to answer it on the TEDx stage: We don’t return to things just because they’re...
by Michael Rucker | Jun 23, 2026 | Live Life Love Newsletters
If I’ve learned one thing from my years working at the intersection of behavioral science and the pursuit of a good life, it’s this: The folks most successful at building a “good life” didn’t achieve it by perfectly executing a plan. They succeeded because they...
by Michael Rucker | Mar 23, 2026 | Live Life Love Newsletters
Last quarter, I wrote about subtraction and the value of clearing our plate before we add anything to it. What I didn’t fully anticipate was what would happen when I started to follow my own advice. Because when you remove the noise to create space,...
by Michael Rucker | Dec 30, 2025 | Live Life Love Newsletters
2025 was my ‘year of yes.’ It’s been a good year, but also an enlightening one. It helped me realize a pattern in my behavior that I also see in a lot of other smart, capable people. When we feel stuck, or when progress feels slower than it...
by Michael Rucker | Sep 23, 2025 | Live Life Love Newsletters
If you have been following me on LinkedIn, you have seen me challenging the idea that productivity should only be measured by tangible output. We have been led to believe that faster is always better. But what if that model is outdated? The old way of measuring...
by Michael Rucker | Jul 31, 2025 | Live Life Love Newsletters
When you start to practice valuing your time more intentionally, something remarkable begins to happen. It happens in the space between daydreaming about what you wish you were doing and actually doing it. That heaviness we all feel at some point, that feeling...
