Hey all! It’s been a while since I’ve posted a blog. The time gap had nothing to do with lack of things to say. Ask anyone, I won’t shut the hell up about anything and everything that captures my interest. But, well, I’ve been busy. I’m working on Inside 3.0, which is SUPER awesome. I’m incredibly grateful to be able help develop a new...

Today, I read Naval's "How To Win At Life... Without Getting Lucky". Two of the 8 bullet points really struck a chord with me, so I decided to share them with the HEY World. • Forty-hour workweeks are a relic of the Industrial Age. Today, it's best to function like an athlete - train and sprint, then rest and reassess. • The modern min...

I'm a continuous self-improver and life experimenter. Some might say, "that's awesome! I I wish I had that determination!" It drives me wild when people say that, because I see it differently. To get real for a moment, I have a constant fear of not being good enough - I'm sure some psychologist would try and bring that back to my child...

Hi, I'm Alex and I'm a workaholic. I don't mean that to sound crazy, but I love working and well, I'm a little concerned that I might be working too much. From the second I open my eyes to the moment I close them, I'm checking emails, responding to requests, getting out of bed to do just one more thing, making myself a 24/7 on call wor...

It's that time of year again where I share my latest tech stack. If you know me, you know that I LOVE testing out the latest and greatest tech. Below you'll see what tech I personally use for consulting (and in life), along with what we use at Inside.com as our primary daily stack. My Personal Tech Stack (the main stuff...) • HEY • Sim...

I recently finished reading Steve Case's biography and manifesto on the future, The Third Wave. In the book, Case referred to an old ad placed by famed explorer Ernest Shackleton as a metaphor for entrepreneurship. The ad Shackleton placed in the 1912 London Times was dubbed "Men Wanted For Hazardous Journey." After reading this the ad...

Give me the punks. Give me the hackers. The crazy ones. Give me the trouble makers and the dreamers. Give me the scrappy ones. The independent ones. Give me the free thinkers. The stay small and fight the good fight believers. The world is full of giants. But that shit doesn't get me off. Give me the underdogs. The ones that are rough ...

When I read a book, I try and take down notes and key takeaways to revisit at a later time. This morning, I was going through an old notebook and came across these notes I took on Surfing Rules for Life and Business, taken from Guy Kawasaki's 2019 book, Wise Guy: Lessons From A Life. In Kawasaki's book, he shares the 12 rules of surfin...

When I was younger, I used to spend a lot more time in nature – weekly hiking and climbing trips, mountain biking, surfing, camping and more. But as I got older and fell more into work, those things just sort of fell by the wayside. But when COVID-19 was on the rise and the world began to shut down, it forced me to start finding altern...

Are you a marketer that does everything under the sun? From paid media and analytics, to branding and web-design? If you said to 'yes' to yourself just now, then you might just be a T-Shaped Marketer. What is a T-Shaped Marketer? Solid question! To be honest, until a few months ago, I had no idea either. I was just always the full-stac...

Today, I was talking with Inside's Managing Editor, Liam Gill, about burnout. I've been working 60+ hour weeks the last few weeks. With that, I have had little family time and little sleep (yes, my wife is a champ for keep the whole world together while I was deep into work on Inside, VegasGameTesters, and Kuppy). To be blunt, now I'm ...