No #176 | July 6, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. We've officially entered into camping season. So to all the parents out there building tents, sleeping on terrible mattresses and enduring endless mosquito bites all for the joy it brings your kids, I salute you🫡. In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: 😲Dude With A Problem 🏀Dennis Rodman 🤔In Your Control 😅Garden Hose Setting 😎Cool Links 😲Dude With A Problem So it’s officially summer for my...
10 days ago • 3 min read
No #175 | June 29, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. My super amazing, beautiful and accomplished wife (Valentina) has her birthday this week. She is getting very close to publishing her fourth book in two years and I am eternally impressed at her ability to create such beautiful characters and stories. If you're interested in reading her work check it out here: www.valentinaburns.com 🥰 In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: 🧠Memes for the Mind...
17 days ago • 4 min read
No #174 | June 22, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. I've gotten lots of requests for videos of the "Dads' Dance" performance that I was in last week (video or it didn't happen!). There's a pretty strict ban on the audience filming during the performances because it's distracting for everyone, however, someone did snap a contraband photo, and while you do need to squint, you can clearly spot my awkwardness from a mile away🩰😜. In this week's Lead...
24 days ago • 3 min read
No #173 | June 15, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. Learning to dance update: The “Dads’ Dance” performances have gone even better than expected. Might need to consider a career change😜 In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: 😎Father's Day 😔OceanGate 🏖️Brian Wilson 🤣Dress Code 😎Cool Links 😎Father's Day For the other parents out there, have you ever looked at your kids right after they’ve woken up, and it feels like they somehow grew and changed...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
No #172 | June 8, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. Saw this quote at a random coffee shop yesterday: A yawn is a silent scream for coffee. ☕😆 In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: 🕺Learning to Dance 😲"And Then..." 👗Fashion Icon Advice👗 🍖BBQ Season 😎Cool Links 🕺Learning to Dance 🕺 A couple of weeks ago, I included this in my newsletter: The next day, I got an email from my wife — forwarded from our daughter's dance studio director. They were...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
No #171 | June 1, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. Last week, one of our guinea pigs, Maggie, passed away. While my wife/daughter have always been the primary caregivers of the guinea pigs, I’ve taken on that role when they’ve recently out of town at dance competitions, and it’s amazing how quickly you can grow attached. There’s something deeply meaningful, grounding and human about caring for animals. Maggie will be missed. On behalf of our...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
No #170 | May 25, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. The Ironman race in my hometown (Victoria) is today and kudos to all the people who are doing it and just know that I'll be cheering you on from the comfort of my couch with my coffee😜. In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: 🏃♂️Mission Impossible 🤔Maple Leafs 🎤Warm-Up Ritual 🤣Father's Advice 😎Cool Links 🏃♂️Mission Impossible Mission Impossible 37 8: The Final Reckoning hits theatres this...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
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...
about 2 months 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...
2 months ago • 3 min read