We may earn a commission from links on this page. Garmin dropped a new watch today, a square-bodied Venu X1 that retails for $799.99 and will be available to order starting June 18. Garmin told me by email that it is “not a successor to Venu 3/3S,” which to me hints that there may still be a Venu 4 coming

🌟 While we no longer record the Q&A discussions during our Leadership Strategy Sessions, we continue to record the opening teaching. Enjoy a special preview of what I shared about summer OpTempo. If you want to see the full discussion and take part in upcoming sessions, consider upgrading to join us live. June isn’t just “a little off.” Research shows

We may earn a commission from links on this page. I’m on my second summer of running in a long-sleeved sun shirt—yes, even in the hottest weather. Especially in the hottest weather. I now enjoy my summer runs a lot more, and I spend a lot less money on sunscreen. I even managed to snag a Rabbit UPF Deflector hoodie

Since we’re on this side of Memorial Day, it’s summer for me. I grew up in Arkansas, and in the South, summer starts with Memorial Day and ends with Labor Day, sun cycles be damned. While I’ve always shifted energetically in the summer, in years past, my shifts were driven or mediated by external projects and circumstances: returning to school,

Many mid-career professionals hit a plateau. You have big personal and career goals, but busy schedules and dwindling motivation can stall progress. Traditionally, hiring a human life coach was the go-to solution for getting back on track. But today, an AI life coach might actually be a better fit. An AI life coach is essentially an intelligent coaching system that

If you own a home, you know that homeowners insurance usually requires inspections—at least once, when you initially take out the policy, and often periodically when the renewal comes around. You usually can’t avoid this—the insurer has a right to ensure that they’re not taking on excessive risk. They don’t want to be on the hook for a huge repair

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Before you toss your broken smartwatch and buy a replacement, get this: Coros has introduced a new repair service. The process is a beautifully straightforward exchange model: You need a battery or screen replacement, you send them your watch and a payment, and they send you a working, refurbished watch.

I had planned to lead off today with one of my favorite lines from Start Finishing but I didn’t expect to have a crockpot creativity moment right before sitting down to write this post. (Thanks universe!) You want to avoid the pressure-cooker pattern where everything is due all at once followed by a period of recovering from being exhausted, only

Asus’ routers and popular and well-reviewed. As such, there’s a good chance you have one of its devices powering your home wifi. If you do, you should probably check on it, since thousands of Asus’ routers are now compromised. What happened? Cybersecurity company GreyNoise published a blog post about this router attack on Wednesday. GreyNoise says attackers used brute-force login

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Too simple to compete with phones. We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. The GoPro Hero is the most confusing product I’ve reviewed in a while, and that’s entirely due to its name. Every year, GoPro releases a new Hero camera, so I’d forgive you for

Every team has a rhythm, even if no one’s named it yet. Some teams sprint through spring launches and coast into summer. Others grind hard in Q1, then move at half-speed in July. And many lurch unpredictably from Crisco watermelon to Crisco watermelon, wondering why everything feels harder than it needs to be. What’s often missing isn’t capacity or clarity.

If you’re looking for hints and answers for Strands for Saturday, May 24, 2025, read on—I’ll share some clues and tips, and finally the solution to the puzzle with the theme “Flights of fancy.” For an easy way to come back to our Strands hints every day, bookmark this page. You can also find our past hints there as well,

In yesterday’s MMC, in response to a question from an attendee struggling to choose among all the possible options on their plate, I asked a question I’ve been thinking about since: What are you optimizing for? We can apply this question to any segment of work or life: a task, a project, a relationship, a workflow or process… even a