No #169 | May 18, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. ☕Dad Happy Hour: Sunday morning, 7am, quiet house, everyone else still asleep, cup of coffee, English Premier League on TV. In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: 😨Final Destination 🤔Where Are You? 💪Do Hard Things 👴Getting Older 😎Cool Links 😨Final Destination Final Destination: Bloodlines just hit theaters this weekend (fun fact: I hate watching horror movies, but I love reading their plots on...
12 days ago • 2 min read
No #168 | May 11, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. Shout out to all the Moms out there today❤️. Life doesn't come with a manual. It comes with a mother. In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: 👟Big Shoes to Fill ✈The Rehearsal 😆Body Breakdown 😎Cool Links 👟Big Shoes to Fill Law #41 of Robert Greene's The 48 Laws of Power is very self explanatory: Avoid stepping into a great person's shoes. In other words, if you take a role that is following a...
19 days ago • 3 min read
No #167 | May 4th, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. My son is working on a project for school where he has to raise money for a cause he cares about. To do this, he decided to organize a neighbourhood bottle drive. He created a flyer and delivered it to everyone’s mailbox, letting them know he’d be by on Saturday morning to collect any empties. Yesterday morning, nearly all of our neighbours had bottles ready for him (and some even gave cash...
26 days ago • 3 min read
No #166 | April 27, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. My son played in a two-day high school golf tournament this week. The night before, I asked him what he was most nervous about. He said he was most worried about who he would be paired with, especially since it was likely going to be older kids that he didn't know. Would they be way better than him? Would they be nice? After the first day, he came home with a big smile, not because of how he...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
No #165 | April 20, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. It was sunny in my part of the world this weekend so I brought out the patio furniture. So if rains later this week you can blame it on me🌞😜. In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: 🐣Every New Beginning... (Closing Time) 👨⚕️The Pitt ⛳Rory McIlroy: Dreams and Nightmares 🤣Read! 😎Cool Links 🐣Every New Beginning... (Closing Time) If you're a 90s music lover like myself, you're probably familiar...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
No #164 | April 13, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. The other day, I casually mentioned that maybe—someday, possibly, conceivably—I wouldn't mind getting a dog. Thirty minutes later, my daughter showed me a 10-slide presentation she created on why we should get one🐶. She loves making presentations... I've never been prouder in my life😊. In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: 🧟♀️The Last of Us 🐌Slow Down 😁Spring Cleaning 😎Cool Links 🧟♀️The...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
No #163 | April 6, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. The other night, my wife and I attended a parent session at our daughter's dance studio. The focus was on how we, as parents, can help our kids thrive, not just in dance, but in life. One piece of advice really stuck with me. The instructor said we should strive to be the edge of the pool - a place our kids can always return to when they need to feel safe. A steady presence. A touchpoint. A...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
No #162 | March 30, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. The Boyd family has now returned from their adventures in Las Vegas and California with some great stories to tell and the sunburns to prove it😜. In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: 🎢Disneyland's Sunk Cost Fallacy 🏈Just Win, Baby 🤣Vacation Distractions 😎Cool Links 🎢Disneyland's Sunk Cost Fallacy Picture this. You’re standing in line for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure (formerly known as Splash...
2 months ago • 3 min read
No #161 | March 23, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. The Boyd family is taking a spring break vacation this week. So instead of some fresh writing, the week's newsletter includes three of my favorite things that I've written over the years. Back to regular programming next week with some stories to share😎. In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: ⏰It's Later Than You Think 🐶Dog Wisdom - Be Positive and Go First 🏀Adam Sandler - Giving Confidence...
2 months ago • 4 min read