🌟 About This Newsletter

This is my personal newsletter.

You might have gotten manually added because we met over the last couple of weeks.

I’m going to send this monthly to friends, family, and people I want to keep in touch with.

You can un-subscríbe here any time and I won’t be notified!

Current Thoughts

Why Balance Feels Hard

You hear it all the time. Especially on job interviews (which, as someone growing a recruiting company, I’ve been doing a lot of lately):

“I just want good work-life balance”.

Let me be blunt:

If you're applying to a startup, that’s an immediate red flag. Your resume will get thrown in the trash.

But that aside, the bigger message is clear. People want balance!

• They want the 6 pack abs

• They want friend group from How I Met Your Mother

• They want to own Mega Yachts

• They want to summer in Ibiza

• They want to practice faith

• They want to feel like they are improving daily

And they want it all right now. At the same time.

And when I say “they” I mean me too!

Having one thing isn’t enough.

We’ve all seen the billionaire who’s overweight, on their third marriage, and constantly stressed. No one wants to trade places with that guy.

So we pursue everything.

But here’s the problem:

You hit the gym — but you’re rushing through it to meet up with friends.
You see your friends — but you’re half-checked out because of work emails.
You work long hours — but not with intensity because you want to be somewhere else.

Your time is limited. So when you’re jumping between gym, work, social time, etc. you start to give this half-assed low energy effort just to keep up.

You’re “checking the boxes” but don’t actually feel… fulfilled?

Introducing: Life Stacking

Disclaimer: What I’m about to describe is going to seem radical to some.

Before you default to “must be nice”, spend 5 minutes thinking about how you could make this a reality for yourself.

What beliefs do you hold that might be preventing this?

Cool? Cool.

Let’s get into it:

There’s a concept I think about often. I’m calling it Life Stacking.

And who better to personify this idea that this guy below:

Meet Jessie Itzler

This guy is the king of what I am about to describe.

• He runs ultramarathons

• Owns a wellness company

• Hosts fitness retreats with friends

• Builds family trips around triathlon events

• Works on things he genuinely cares about

He doesn’t chase "balance."

Can’t hang out with friends because of work? He works with friends.
Can’t workout because you’re on vacation? He travels to fitness competitions.

He built a Stacked Life. One where health, relationships, fun, and work all compound.

Here are a few examples that you can implement literally tomorrow:

Play More Sports

→ Social + health + accountability.

Build a Side Hustle (Or Business) with People You Like

→ Work + friendship + learning.

Take Hobby-Centric Trips

→ Ski weeks, jiu-jitsu camps, surf retreats = fitness + fun + friends.

Get Family Involved

→ Get your significant other, parents or siblings involved in trips, learning, traditions, etc.

Stack Health Into Work Routines

→ Start exclusively taking walking meetings, treat midday workouts as the norm.

Create Friend Groups Around Growth

→ Book clubs, business dinners, shared fitness goals.

The #1 obstacle here for people by far is work.

(This is around the time where the “Must Be Nice” comments role in.)

If you’re lucky, work will consume 50% of your waking hours.

And if you’re at a company where you don’t love the people & you don’t love the job, it will feel like work is competing against the rest of your life.

I’m not saying quit, though convincing friends to quit their jobs is my love language.

But the best thing you can do to practice life stacking is grab a notepad and brainstorm on ways that you can make money while accomplishing the rest of your life.

Maybe that is:

1. Taking meetings or sales calls on walks

2. Convincing your friends to apply to your company

3. Being radical & changing career paths entirely 😉 

🧠 Thought Exercise: What is 1 thing you can do in the next 30 days to life stack better?

Till next time,

Connor