No #191 | October 19, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. Weather is really cooling down in the pacific northwest. This can mean only one thing😂: In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: ⚾Bandwagon Baseball 💫Lord of the Rings 🤔Whiteboards 🤣Cage 😎Cool Links ⚾Bandwagon Baseball Nobody does bandwagon baseball quite like I do. The hundred or so regular-season games? Meh. But the playoffs? LET’S FREAKING GO. This year is extra special because two teams...
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No #190 | October 12, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. We were at Costco the other evening and they're selling Christmas advent calendars that are the size of a door👀. We bought 4 of them😂. In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: 🦃Thanksgiving 🤔Coaching ❓That's a Great Question! 😂Giving Thanks 😎Cool Links 🦃Thanksgiving This Monday is Thanksgiving (in Canada!). In my opinion, Thanksgiving is the best holiday. It doesn't have the gift pressures...
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No #189 | October 5, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. So my cat does this thing where she’s very particular about which door she uses to go outside in the morning. I’ll open the front door for her, and she’ll turn around and sprint to the sliding door instead, like the world (and weather) will be different from another door😂. But maybe she’s onto something. If the door you’re walking through doesn’t feel right, find one that does. In this...
25 days ago • 3 min read
No #188 | September 28, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. Tough break for the Canadian Women’s Rugby team, who came sooo close to winning it all👏. Fun fact: I’ve played exactly one game of rugby in my life, and quickly learned the hard way that a tall, lanky frame like mine is not built for the sport😂. In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: 🦸♂️Default to Trust 🤔Tit for Tat 📖 Reading 😁School Photos 😎Cool Links 🦸♂️Default to Trust So I watched...
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No #187 | September 21, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. I participated in my work golf tournament this past week. There's nothing that builds your confidence faster than shanking a ball in front of all of your colleagues (Fore!) 🤣. In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: 🏃➡️Terry Fox 💡Learning Something New 🤣Rain! 😎Cool Links 🏃➡️Terry Fox In 2004, CBC ran a series called The Greatest Canadian. The premise was simple (and borrowed from the...
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No #186 | September 14, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. I read this quote yesterday and it perfectly reflects my mood as the seasons change. Such a great time of year, and I also now finally get the chance to bring out my quarter zip sweaters🤣. In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: 🔥The Slow Burn - Shawshank Redemption 🤯Order versus Chaos 🍰Cheesecake 🤣Book Cargo 😎Cool Links 🔥The Slow Burn - Shawshank Redemption I watched The Shawshank...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
No #185 | September 7, 225 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. I'm back teaching an evening course at UVIC this semester and once again I think about this meme every time I'm teaching🤣. In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: 🎾Rivalries 🏈Football! ☕Working at a Cafe 😎Cool Links 🎾Rivalries For history nerds our there, a book worth reading is Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals. The book explores Abraham Lincoln’s unconventional leadership approach of...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
No #184 | August 31, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. Me in June: Yes! Summer! Let's go sunshine, bring it on☀️😃 Me at the end of August: Please let there be rain... ☔😏 In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: 🧭Back to School 😴Seven Types of Rest 📃Paper Blanket 💍Taylor's Engagement 😎Cool Links 🧭Back to School This week marks the return of back-to-school season (parents rejoice!). To help get into the "school" mindset, my family decided to watch...
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No #183 | August 24, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool. Breaking news: my kids have both started reading more books this summer (and it only took a little bit of bribery😜). So to all the other parents out there, anything is possible! In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: ⌚Procrastination ⛰️Vista Views 🤣Row Boats 😎Cool Links ⌚Procrastination This week I came across this quote: "Procrastination is how you preserve the fantasy of your potential." That hits...
2 months ago • 3 min read