by Michael Rucker | Sep 23, 2018 | Live Life Love Newsletters
Hello Everyone, Have you heard the expression “eating your own dog food”? Not eating your own dog food refers to when a company or person proclaims their products and/or ideas are best-in-class, but they do not actually use them themselves because in...
by Michael Rucker | Aug 20, 2018 | Having Fun
Before we get into the Rucker PLAY Model, let’s look at why being deliberate about having more fun is important. Almost all of us have the innate ability to quickly calculate and re-calculate the risks and rewards of our decisions. However, often we do not take...
by Michael Rucker | Jun 23, 2018 | Thought Leader Interviews
Dr. Jeffrey Pfeffer is a Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Dr. Pfeffer has authored or coauthored 15 books, including Power: Why Some People Have It and Others Don’t. In his latest book Dying for a Paycheck Dr....
by Michael Rucker | Jun 23, 2018 | Live Life Love Newsletters
Hello Everyone, This quarter I had two great conversations. The first was with Stanford professor Dr. Jeffery Pfeffer. Dr. Pfeffer has written numerous bestsellers. In his latest book, “Dying for a Paycheck,” Dr. Pfeffer brings to light how modern work life is making...
by Michael Rucker | Jun 23, 2018 | Thought Leader Interviews
Brad Wills is the former Chief Strategy Officer of MINDBODY, Inc. He is credited for being one of the architects for MINDBODY’s API Ecosystem and its Marketplace, as well as a critical player in the company’s successful IPO. Before MINDBODY, Brad led corporate...
by Michael Rucker | Mar 23, 2018 | Thought Leader Interviews
Erik Paquet started travel hacking while studying at the University of Michigan almost 10 years ago. He developed expertise as a travel hacker, finding ways to travel for free by strategically redeeming rewards points and frequent flyer miles. To date, Erik has earned...
by Michael Rucker | Mar 23, 2018 | Thought Leader Interviews
Charlie Hoehn is an author, keynote speaker and expert on the power of play. Charlie worked for three years with Tim Ferriss, the author of The New York Times bestseller “The 4-Hour Work Week,” and helped Tim edit and launch the #1 New York Times bestseller The 4-Hour...
by Michael Rucker | Mar 23, 2018 | Live Life Love Newsletters
Hi Everyone, As I continue to explore the topic of fun, my wife and I have been working with one of this quarter’s interviewees, Erik Paquet, on “travel hacking” to create more opportunities for life experience. If you are interested in this topic, I...
by Michael Rucker | Mar 17, 2018 | Well-being
Let’s Make a Healthy Lifestyle Affordable and Accessible The PHIT Act is a great idea whose time has come. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only about 1 in 5 American adults get enough physical activity. Perhaps more alarming,...
by Michael Rucker | Feb 27, 2018 | Having Fun
Or, does a paradoxical relationship between minimalism and abundance really exist? In life, simple explanations are often preferred to complex theories. In philosophy, we have Occam’s razor, a principle that indicates if we have multiple conclusions our best bet is to...
