Influences and Favorite Things

• Trail Running Film Archive (regularly updated link to thousands of hours of trail running films)
• Altra Lone Peaks trail shoes and Torin road running shoes
• Hüma gel
• Tailwind Nutrition Lemon, Unflavored, and one Dauwaltermelon to have Courtney there in spirit (ha!)
• Tailwind Salted Caramel Recovery mix
• Oofos sandals
• Smartwool wool socks
• Injinji and Creepers wool toe socks
• Running buffs from Cara Corey Designs
• Coros Apex 42 mm watch
• Athletic Brewing Co. (My referral link gets you a free 6-pack when you order 2 or more 6-packs and I get a 6-pack too. Everybody wins! I recommend Free Wave Hazy IPA, Soul Sour, and All Out Extra Dark.)
• Lyre’s mocktails especially G&T and Amalfi Spritz
• Surely Red Blend NA wine
• Leitz Eins Zwei Zero Riesling and Rose NA wine

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Combining the Ordinary Blog Influences*

• Seth Godin – Seth’s daily blog, his books especially Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?, Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us, and Your Turn…still need to read The Practice
• Brené Brown – Unlocking Us podcast and Dare to Lead podcast (lifechanging and my #1 game changer for 2020-2021), all of her books especially Dare to Lead and The Gifts of Imperfection: 10th Anniversary Edition, Dare to Lead Organizational Read-Along
• Shane Parrish – The Knowledge Project podcast, Sunday Brain Food newsletter, Decision by Design course
• Tim Ferriss – The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, Five Bullet Friday newsletter, his books especially The 4-Hour Work Week
• Jen Brown – Sparta Chicks Radio podcast
• John Amaechi OBE – The Promises of Giants
• Morning Brew – business newsletter (referral link), primary news source in my information diet so I have more room for curating helpful information
• Money Scoop by Morning Brew – financial newsletter (referral link)
• Inside Higher Ed Daily News Update – account is free but login required for unlimited articles)
• Adam Grant – Granted newsletter, Work Life podcast including Taken for Granted interviews, his books especially Give and Take
• Ryan Holiday – Daily Stoic daily email, his books especially Ego is the Enemy…still need to read the others
• Arianna Huffington – especially Thrive Global newsletters and Goodnight Smartphone
• Dan Pink – The Pinkcast newsletter, his books especially Drive
• Chase Jarvis – his book Creative Calling and Creative Live’s 30 Days of Genius series, Chase Jarvis LIVE Show and podcast
• Indra Nooyi – especially her thoughtful and sincere book, My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future (affiliate) and any interview she gives. She is a incredibly engaging speaker.
• Derek Sivers – blog
• Jonathan Vieker – blog
• Colin Wright – newsletter
• Leo Babauta – Zen Habits newsletter
• Carol Dweck – her book Mindset
• Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation by Linda A. Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback and Creativity Inc. by Ed Catmull
• Harvard Business Review – if you make an account you can sign up for free newsletters, articles per month are still limited without a paid account
• Josh Kaufman – his book The Personal MBA, interviews, Ted Talk The First 20 Hours
• Trevor Noah – especially his book Born a Crime – you must do the audiobook on this one. Trust me!
• Jon Meacham – Hope Through History podcast, It Was Said podcast
• Matthew Kepnes – Nomadic Matt newsletter
• Ramit Sethi
• Glennon Doyle – her book Untamed
• Randall Stutman – Admired Leadership framework, interviews on The Knowledge Project and The Daily Stoic
• Roger Martin – interview on The Knowledge Project
• Angela Duckworth – her book Grit
• Matt Mullenweg – especially Distributed podcast, founding developer of WordPress used for this blog
• Susan Cain – her book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking and Ted Talks
• Gary Vaynerchuk
• James Altucher – his book The Power of No: Because One Little Word Can Bring Health, Abundance, and Happiness
• Tara Brach – especially guided meditations and her book Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha
• Gretchen Rubin – especially her book Better Than Before, The Four Tendencies framework
• Chris Voss – his book Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
• Mark Sisson – especially his book The Primal Blueprint
• Danny Dreyer – founder of Chi Running method
• Kevin Kelly – his book The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future and the articles 1,000 True Fans and 99 Additional Bits of Unsolicited Advice
• The Minimalists – especially their book Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life
• HigherEdJobs newsletter
• Girls on the Run

*When possible book links go to our local independent bookstore Dragonfly Books in Decorah, Iowa.