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He Taught Himself to Flip at 4 and Now Millions Watch Him | Dom Lewis
Dom Lewis started flipping at four years old. Not in a gym. On grass. On concrete. With no coach, no mat, and nobody telling him what was possible. He taught himself for twelve years before he ever walked into a real gymnastics facility. By that point he had already figured out things that formally trained athletes never have to figure out: how to learn without a blueprint, how to fail without quitting, and how to communicate something physical to someone who has never seen i

David Shaft
Apr 212 min read


Halloween Icon Sandy Johnson on the One Conversation That Can Change Everything
I met Sandy Johnson at GalaxyCon Nightmare Weekend in Chicago. She played Annie's friend Judith Myers in the original Halloween back in 1978. That scene is one of the most famous openings in horror history, and she is still working, still showing up, still sharpening her craft almost fifty years later. That is the first thing that stood out to me. I expected a nostalgia interview. I got a working actress who is in the middle of filming four projects right now and still hires

David Shaft
Apr 172 min read


How to Build Trust Across Companies: The Three Leaders Behind Winnebago Connect
This episode is the one I did not expect to learn from. Three leaders from three different companies built Winnebago Connect together. That should not have worked. Usually when you put that many stakeholders in a room you get politics, slow decisions, and a product that reflects the committee instead of the customer. These guys did the opposite. They built something real and they did it fast. What surprised me was how honest they were about the hard parts. I sat down with Mar

David Shaft
Apr 172 min read


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