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 But what if that model is outdated?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...
by Michael Rucker | Apr 23, 2025 | Live Life Love Newsletters
This issue (albeit a month late to launch) marks the official shift to exploring time affluence—your ability to spend your time on what matters most. In the spirit of this new direction, I’ve tightened up the format to respect your time, while still using...
by Michael Rucker | Dec 31, 2024 | Live Life Love Newsletters
Happy New Year! One of the benefits of going into a new year is the temporal cue to reflect on where we’ve been and where we’re headed. Over the past 17 years, this project has explored what it means to live a healthy, wise, and fulfilling life. Along the...
