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...
7 days 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...
14 days ago • 2 min read
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...
21 days ago • 3 min read
No #182 | August 17, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. Vacations are great, but Dorothy was right, there is no place like home. Looking forward to the last couple weeks of August and the anticipation for the start of school for the kids! In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: ⛵If I Had a Boat 🤔Love is Blind ⚡Energy Givers and Takers 🤣Fish Thrill Ride 😎Cool Links ⛵If I Had a Boat Oftentimes the most beautiful songs are the most simple. Case in...
28 days ago • 2 min read
No #181 | August 10, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool. I'm at the halfway point of a family vacation, so forgive me for the shorter newsletter as I've been enjoying time with family/friends, delicious food, sunshine and lots of swimming in the ocean. Back to full regular programming next week. In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: 📱Digital Detox 🤔Feynman 🤣Campfire Guitar Hero 😎Cool Links 📱Digital Detox In a recent poll, I was surprised to learn that 60%...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
No #180 | August 3, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. The Boyd family is taking some R&R over the next couple of weeks so the newsletters might be a bit shorter than usual. Hope everyone enjoys the final weeks of summer🌞. In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: 🚗The Wonder Years ✈️Travel Quotes 😍Pie Chart Summer 🤣August 😎Cool Links 🚗The Wonder Years “What would you do if I sang out of tune…” Sing that line in a raspy voice, and every millennial...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
No #179 | July 27, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. My amazing, super, incredible mom turned 75 years young this week. Happy birthday mom! ❤️🎂 In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: 🗣️Small Talk ⛳Happy Gilmore 2 ✍️Write It Down 🤣The Day Off 😎Cool Links 🗣️Small Talk Last weekend, I found myself at a backyard BBQ surrounded by people I kind of know, but don’t really know. You know the situation: a sea of familiar faces, all bobbing around in the...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
No #178 | July 20, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. "Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability." - Sam Keen I heard this quote yesterday and let me tell you that for the past few days I've been looking very respectable🤪. In this week's Lead It Cool newsletter: ⛳Happy Gilmore 🧠What Others Think of You 📚25 Pages a Day 😁Say Cheese 😎Cool Links ⛳Happy Gilmore If you were to spend a couple of hours with me and my friends, the odds of hearing...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
No #177 | July 13, 2025 by Matthew Boyd Good morning, welcome to the weekly Lead It Cool newsletter. I'm going camping this week, which means I've spent the last few evenings playing my guitar and refreshing my memory on how to play a few crowd favourites. Here are my go to song campfire songs: I Want It That Way (90s nostalgia is a helluva drug🎵) In the Jungle (gotta hit those high notes🦁) Your Love ("I don't wanna, I don't wanna"🤣) Itsy, Bits, Spider (everyone knows the words😜) What are...
2 months ago • 3 min read