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This page highlights some of the major and minor projects, relevant reading, speaking engagements, and related activities I am involved with.  It is intended for people who want to know how I roll. For those wanting to know how I ride, you can check me out on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn pages.

INBOX

• In Queue Eleven Rings by Phil Jackson
• In Queue Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
• Stuck on Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman – started on September 15, 2022
• Stuck on “Collapse“ by Jared Diamond – Started April 28, 2019 (totally bogged down on this one)
• Reading Softwar by Jason Lowry – started on March 6, 2023
• Listening to Count of Monte Cristo by Andre Dumas – Started on March 14, 2023

OUTBOX

• Listened to The Martian by Andy Wier – Started Feb 19, 2023 and Finished Mar 1, 2023
• Listened to Trust and inspire Leadership by Stephen M. R. Covey – Started on Feb 7, 2023 and finished Feb 18, 2023
• Listened to Hail Mary Project by Andy Wier – started on Jan 26, 2023 and finished Feb 6, 2023
• Listened to Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe – Started Jan 14 and finished Jan 21, 2023
• Listened to Red Notice by Bill Browder – Started Jan 6 and finished Jan 13, 2023
• Listened to Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown – started Dec 22 and finished Jan 1, 2023
• Read Thank God for Bitcoin by multiple bitcoiners – started on December 1 and finished Dec 21, 2022
• Read 12 Rules For Life by Jordan Peterson – started on November 22 and finished November 30, 2022
• Read The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time by Will Durant – started on August 18, 2022 and finished August 26, 2022
• Read Atomic Habits by James Clear – started on August 13, 2022 and finished August 18, 2022
• Attended Founders Summit hosted by Define Ventures in Park City, UT on August 25-26, 2022
• Read Bitcoin is Venice by Alan Farrington – started on May 4, 2022 and finished August 9, 2022.
• Read The Uncommunist Manifesto by Aleks Svetski – started on July 25, 2022 and finished July 29, 2022
• Read Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse – started on June 15 and finished on July 17, 2022
• Read Intended Consequences by Hemant Tenaja – started on May 25, 2022 and finished May 30, 2022
• Read Check Your Financial Privilege by Alex Goldstein – started on Apr 17, 2022 to April 29, 2022
• Read The Fiat Standard by Saifedean Ammous – started on Mar 22, 2022 to April 16, 2022
• Read The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch – started on Jan 10 and finished on March 13, 2022
• Presented at JPM Healthcare Conference on January 11, 2022
• Read “Principles for a New World Order” by Ray Dalio – started on Dec 12, 2021 and finished Jan 7, 2022
• Reading Stillness is the Key by Ryan Holiday – started on Nov 14, 2021 and finished Nov 21, 2021
• Read The Block Size Wars by Jonathan Bier – Started October 12, 2021 and finished on November 13, 2021
• Presented at HLTH Conference on “The New Shape of Work” on October 18, 2021
• Read The Dao of Capital by Mark Spitznagel – started on September 1 and finished Oct 6, 2021
• Read “Anatomy of the State” by Murray Rothbard – started on August 21, 2021 and finished August 31, 2021
• Read Essentialism by Greg McKeown – Started on Aug 8, 2021 and finished on Aug 20, 2021
• Read The World Beyond Your Head by Matthew Crawford – started July 2, 2021; finished on Aug 7, 2021
• Read Layered Money by Nik Bhatia – started on April 26, 2021; finished on May 1, 2021
• Read Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday – Started on March 13, 2021; finished on April 27, 2021
• Read The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant– started on February 21, 2020 and read twice by March 13, 2021
• Read The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday – Started on February 13, 2020; finished on February 18, 2021
• Read Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson – Started on Dec 27, 2020; finished on Feb 16, 2021
• Listened to War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy – started on June 1, 2020 and couldn’t take it anymore on Dec 27, 2020
• Read The Fourth Turning by William Strauss – started on December 20, 2020 and “finished” on Dec 27, 2020
• Read Apollo’s Arrow by Nicholas Christakis – started on November 22, 2020; finished on December 19, 2020.
• Read Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport – started on October 26; finished on November 22, 2020.
• Read When Money Dies by Adam Ferguson – Started on September 28, 2020; finished on Nov 8, 2020.
• Read The Psychology of Monday by Morgan Housel – started on on Sep 20 and finished on Sep 27, 2020
• Read The Price of Tomorrow by Jeff Booth – started on Sep 8 and finished on Sep 19, 2020
• Read The Shallows by Nicholas Carr – Started on August 7 and finished on Sep 8, 2020
• Read The Big Fix by Vivian Lee, MD – finished on August 7
• Read Big Debt Crisis by Ray Dalio – finished on July 31
• Listened to Animal Farm by George Orwell – finished on May 26
• Listened to 1984 by George Orwell – finished on May 25
• Listened to The Mandibles by Lionel Shriver – started April 26, 2020; finished May 15, 2020
• Read the Changing World Order by Ray Dalio (serialized version coming out in chapters)
  • Intro and Chapter 1 – April 5, 2020
  • Chapter 2 – May 3, 2020
  • Chapter 2, Appendix – May 3, 2020
  • Chapter 3 – May 27, 2020
  • Chapter 4 – July 17, 2020
  • Chapter 4, Part 2 – July 22, 2020
  • Chapter 5, Part 1
  • Chapter 5, Part 2
  • Chapter 6 – Sep 20, 2020
  • Chapter 7 – Sep 27, 2020
• Listened to Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb – started July 28, 2019; finished on April 29, 2020.
• Listened to Reagan: An American Journey by Bob Spitz – started on March 24; finished on April 15, 2020.
• Reading “21 Lessons for the 21st Century” – Yuval Noah Harari – finished on April 5, 2020 (got bogged down in this one for 15 months)
• Listened to Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson – finished on March 24, 2020
• Listened to We Die Alone by David Howarth – finished on March 11, 2020
• Listened to The Vanishing American Adult by Ben Sasse – finished on March 5, 2020
• Read “The Surprising Science of Meetings” by Steven Rogelberg – Finished on Feb 19, 2020
• Listened to “Churchill: Walking with Destiny” by Andrew Roberts – Started on on Feb 28, 2020
• Watched World War 2 in Color on Netflix – Finished Feb 23, 2020
• Read “Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters” by Meg Meeker – finished on February 8, 2020
• Presented at Jackson Hole Healthcare Summit in Jackson Hole, WY on January 30 – February 1, 2020
• Listened to “Mornings on Horseback” by David McCullough – finished on January 27, 2020
• Attended JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, CA on January 13-16, 2020
• Listened to Permanent Record by Edward Snowden – Finished January 11, 2020
• Read Principles for Success by Ray Dalio – Finished January 10, 2020.
• Listened to Grant by Ron Chernow – Finished on January 3, 2020
• Listened to Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow – Finished December 29, 2019
• Read The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman, PhD – finished December 25, 2019
• Read “Sovereign Individual” by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg – Finished December 23, 2019
• Listened to Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari – November 28, 2019
• Presented at HLTH Conference regarding “Connected System of Health” in Las Vegas, NV – October 28-30, 2019
• Presented at the HAS Conference regarding “A Single Drop: How Data Powers Full Stack Healthcare” – September 12-13, 2019
• Presented at the first annual Crossover Health Bombora event in Newport Beach, CA on August 5-6, 2019
• Read Bitcoin Standard by Ammous Saifedean – finished July 28, 2019
• Read, “Bitcoin Billionaires” by Ben Mezrich – Finished July 5, 2019
• Read “Leadership and Training for the Fight” by Paul R. Howe – Finished June 30, 2019
• Read (again!) “The Grassroots Health Care Revolution” by John Torinus – Finished June 21, 2019
• Read “Triggers“ by Marshall Goldsmith – Finished June 18, 2019
• Read “Boy in Striped Pajamas” by John Boyne – Finished June 2, 2019
• Team presented at Silicon Valley Employer Forum regarding “Primary Care Platform:  New Model for Point Solution Integration” in San Jose, CA – May 2, 2019
• Spoke at National Business Group on Health regarding Integrating Behavioral Health into Primary Care in Washington, DC – April 11, 2019
• [9 year gap of craziness which will be featured in the book “Pirating the XO Rocketship”.
• Spoke at “Physician Free Thyself” Event in Dana Point, CA – January 28, 2010
• Attending Eli Lilly Health 2.0 Conference in Indianapolis, IN – August 4-5, 2009
• Ask to be on Advisory Committee for Pfizer’s Health 2.0 Innovation Project – July 28, 2009
• Met with New CEO of Hoag Hospital, Irvine –  Foothill Ranch, CA – July 25, 2009
• Finished “Healthcare Won’t Health Itself” by George Halvorson – July 20, 2009
• Finished Healthcare X PRIZE initial project documentation – June 30, 2009
• Healthcare X PRIZE Measurement Subcommittee Meeting in New York, NY – June 9-10, 2009
• Attended I2I Conference at the UN in New York, NY – June 8-9, 2009
• Moderating a panel at Health 2.0 and Ix Conference in Boston, MA  – April 22-23, 2009
• Participated in X PRIZE Foundation Initial Prize Design Media Event in Washington DC – April 14, 2009
• Spoke at World Health Care Congress in DC with Jack Cochran, MD and Mathew Holt called “Building a 21st Century Health System” in Washington DC – April 12-15, 2009
• X PRIZE Foundation Health Advisor Summit discussing Health Prize in Washington DC – April 6-7, 2009
• Read The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch – finished reading on April 5, 2009
• Keynoted the Managed Care Executive Group regarding “Healthcare Moonshot” Phoenix, AZ – March 11, 2009
• Meeting with Ventana to discuss health care transparency in San Francisco – March 5, 2009
• X PRIZE Foundation Health Advisor Summit discussing Health Prize in Washington DC – March 3-4, 2009
• Read Best Practice by Charles Kenney – finished reading on February 27, 2009
• Spoke at the  Leadership Summit on Consumer Connectivity in San Diego – February 23-24, 2009
• Disney Cruise to Carribean – January 15-24, 2009
• Finished reading Innovator’s Prescription by Clayton Christensen – started reading on January 28, 2009
• Vacation to Scottsdale, Arizona – December 28 – Jan 2, 2009
• Finished reading Value Based Leadership by Blanking on the Author – December 27, 2008
• Currently reading Mere Christianity by CS Lewis – started reading on December 20, 2008
• Spoke at the World Health Innovation and Technology Conference in Washington DC – December 10-12
• Vacation to Poipu, Kauai – November 19-27, 2008
• Read The Google Story by David Vise – finished on November 21, 2008
• Moderating two panel’s at Health 2.0 – User Generated Health Conference in San Francisco – October 21-23 , 2008
• Relaxing in Lake Powell in Arizona and Utah – September 22-26, 2008
• Meetings in San Francisco with Gershoni Creative – September 5, 2008
• Finished reading Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Issacson – August 27, 2008
• Meeting with Carson Hager, CEO of Cynergy System – July 16, 2008
• Meetings in San Francisco with Gershoni Creative – July 14-15 and 17
• Finished reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine – June 27, 2008
• Attended the Qualcomm Wireless Investor Conference held in San Diego – May 13, 2008
• Attended the SIMPD Conference held simultaneously at the H3Con in Las Vegas – May 5-7, 2008
• Spoke at Health 3.0 Conference in Las Vegas – May 5-7, 2008
• Spoke at LabInfo in Las Vegas at the Venetian Resort – April 9-11, 2008
• Finished reading 4 Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferris – April 3, 2008
• Stopped reading Sick by Jonathon Cohn – March 17, 2008 (fundamentally disagree with his conclusions)
• Presented at Wellpoint’s Innovation Conference in Los Angeles – March 11, 2008
• Spoke/Moderated at Health 2.0 Conference in San Diego – March 3-4, 2008
• Participated in HIMSS Conference and Venture Fair in Orlando – February 24-28, 2008
• Finished reading, “Episode of Care Pricing Model” by Douglas Emery – February 28, 2008
• Finished reading “The Big Switch” by Nicholas Car – February 22, 2008
• Spoke at SCALE 6 in SoCal – February 8-10, 2008
• Finished “Overtreated” by Shannon Brownlee – February 5, 2008
• Attended Next Generation Health Plan Banking, January 28-30, 2008
• Finished “Alchemist” by Paulo Coehlo – January 13, 2007
• Finished “Fifth Mountain” by Paulo Coehlo – January 8, 2007
• Finished “How Doctors Think” by Jerome Groopman, MD – January 3, 2007
• Finished “Fix Health Care Now” by George Halvorson – December 20, 2007
• Finished “Founding Brothers” by Joseph Ellis- December 1, 2007
• Attended Lemhi Venture Scrum, Minneapolis, MN – October 24, 2007
• Just read “John Adams” by David McCullough – October 4, 2007
• Moderated Consumer Tools Panel at “Health 2.0” – September 20, 2007
• Spoke at Consumer Health World – September 19, 2007
• Spoke at Blogging Summit – September 17, 2007
• Attended Innovations in Healthcare Payments in Las Vegas – September 9-10, 2007
• Reading “Principles of Managed Healthcare” by Peter Kongstvedt
• Annual Vacation in Driggs, ID – August 20 to September 3, 2007
• Spoke at Health Plan Alliance Conference in MN – August 16-17, 2007
• Just read “Who Killed Healthcare” by Regina Herzlinger
• Just read “Redefining Healthcare” by Michael Porter and Elizabeth Tiesberg – June 2, 2007
• Spoke at TEPR about “Health 2.0” – May 21, 2007
• Spoke at Red Hat Summit about “Health 2.0” – May 10, 2007
• Just read “Purple Cow” by Seth Godin – April 12, 2007
• Just spoke at SCALE – February 9, 2007
• Just read “The Best Care Anywhere” by Phillip Longman– January 4, 2007
• Just read “Eragon” – December 20, 2006
• Just read “Mutiny on the Bounty: Pitcairn Island” – November 3, 2007
• Just read “Blue Ocean Strategy” – October 28, 2006
• Just read “His Excellency” by Joseph Ellis – July 29, 2007
• Just read “1776” by David McCullough– July 6, 2007
• Attended AHIP in Las Vegas – June 20-22, 2007