Allen Pike retelling a story of a key Mac engineer attempting to quit working for Steve Jobs:

No matter how much a key engineer wanted to quit, if they went into Steve’s office to resign, he would always go into Reality Distortion mode and persuade them to feel like they wanted to stay. By the end of the conversation, the engineer would leave Steve’s office pumped and motivated. “Yeah, we are going to change the world! Wait… wasn’t I going in there to quit?”

After some failed attempts at quitting, Burrell Smith, one of the key engineers behind the Mac, finally devised a way around Steve.

“I’ve got it!” said Burrell. “I know the perfect way to quit that will nullify the Reality Distortion Field. I’ll just walk into Steve’s office, pull down my pants, and urinate on his desk. What could he say to that? It’s guaranteed to work.” The logic was sound.

So he spends some time working up the courage to do this, and eventually makes his way to Steve’s office at the end of the day. He walks in, and Steve just asks, “Are you gonna do it?” Word had gotten around. “Are you really gonna do it?”

Burrell looked Steve in the eye. “Do I have to? If I have to, I’ll do it.” He could tell by Steve’s expression that he didn’t have to. Burrell was free at last.

LOL.

Blows my mind how many Americans found this commercial to be controversial.

It's the epitome of the American Dream.

Not signing up for a travel rewards credit card was the dumbest financial mistake of my life, especially in my 30s. I've been using my credit cards all wrong:

• use travel credit card as default
• use quarterly category cards when possible

Thankfully, I learned about this just in time to sign up for Chase Sapphire Reserve and its AWESOME 100,000 travel points bonus program.

I've been jealous of all my friends traveling so much. My biggest reason for not traveling these past few years is money, but this bonus program makes it possible for me to cross out some things from my bucket list.

Luke Walton on the Open Run podcast:

I probably had too much to drink the night before. So, I came in. I was a rookie. I felt good. And they could smell some alcohol on me, and Kobe informed the rest of the team that nobody was allowed to help me on defense and that I had to guard him the entire practice.

And I was laughing at first, like, “Oh, this is funny.” But in Kobe’s mind, in his eyes, it was like, “No. I see and smell weakness. I’m going to destroy you today.” And he taught me that lesson. He taught me that lesson. I mean, he probably scored 70-something in practice that day, and I’m begging for help. None of the teammates would help.

But his killer instinct and his work ethic, they’ll stick with me forever.

Kevin Ding:

Walton killed interview with Jim Buss & Mitch Kupchak, showing all he has learned about coaching. Lakers decided to lock him up immediately.

LOVE THIS. When I started my little 21-day Keto challenge, I questioned myself if I could really give up carbs. But after trying out this recipe, for the first time ever, I thought to myself, "Maybe I can do this Keto thing."

Now I make this at least twice a week. And when I do, it's usually when I'm treating myself to a nice, juicy steak or my dad's Spicy Sweet & Sour Chicken. I get to spoil myself 100% guilt-free!

Thank you, Kobe.

We asked for your hustle. You gave us your heart.