Why I’m Returning to Early Morning Livestreams

Starting Tuesday 3Feb26, I'll be hosting a short early morning livestream every Tuesday at 5:30 a.m. Central Time. Twenty to thirty minutes. Live. Early enough to think before the day takes over.

Seven years ago, I used to turn on a camera in the morning and think out loud. There was no strategy behind it. No product roadmap. Just a belief that some conversations are worth having before the noise sets in. The video below comes from that period. I'm sharing it now not as something polished, but as evidence that certain problems don't actually go away just because we stop talking about them.

What This Actually Is

These are not lectures. They are not presentations. Each session will have a starting point, but the conversation will go where it needs to go. Questions from the chat will shift the direction. Sometimes the most important part will be the thing nobody planned for.

The format matters because live conversation lets thinking happen in real time. It lets uncertainty show itself. It lets judgment get modeled instead of declared. That is how development actually works, whether we are talking about athletes, parents, coaches, or organizations trying to figure out what they are actually building.

Why Now

Youth development has gotten louder, faster, and more complicated. Parents are buried in advice that contradicts itself. Coaches are buried in systems that promise results. Everyone is busy doing things, and very few people have space to slow down and ask whether those things are actually creating the development they claim to create.

These weekly livestreams exist to rebuild that space. Not to add more content to the pile, but to create room for a different kind of thinking.

What We'll Talk About

Over time, these conversations will touch on ideas I've been writing about for years. Why mental toughness is an environmental outcome instead of a personality trait. What infrastructure great programs build that makes development easier over time. Why certain structures exist in youth development and whether they are actually helping or just making adults feel productive.

These are not concepts I'm trying to sell. They are ways of seeing what is already happening right in front of us.

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Seven years ago, I recorded this stream about social media, division, and why real connection matters more than performative engagement. It's imperfect. It meanders. The ending cuts off awkwardly because the equipment stopped working.

In hindsight, it also proves something important.

Some conversations don't age out. They just wait for the right moment to continue.

The sessions will be short. Early. Intentionally incomplete. This is not content designed to keep you watching. It's meant to give you something better to think about after it ends.

See you Tuesday morning.