“What if we retired in Europe?”

It’s a Tuesday night in January. You’ve just shovelled the driveway for the 83rd time this winter. As you open a bottle of red wine, THAT question crosses your mind.

For Alper Ozdemir…the fun didn’t stop there.

When I met him a decade ago, he was talking about retiring in Spain. Just after the pandemic, he and his wife made the jump (to Italy).

How they did it — and how you can too…on a fascinating edition of The Playbook.

(Oh — and if you want to start your own journey, you can rent Alper’s villa in the summer — check it out here: www.casacalipuglia.com).

This is a weird story about safety.

Warren Coughlin is one of the smartest, most original people I know. He's been a lawyer, an actor and a pretty nifty business consultant.

After doing a show on identifying fear a few weeks back, I asked him if he had any odd thoughts on Safety.

Boy, oh boy, does he ever.

In this episode, he talks about how to create the space for safety even before "fear" tries to kick in. We talk about building plans, understanding values, paying attention to the numbers, and changing the world.

All in 46 minutes.

Listen in. Your brain is gonna hurt after this one.

James Stewart has a new movie hitting theatres this week.

And he wants you to know how his team made it happen.

"Sway" is an blisteringly fast thriller, with an equally incredible backstory – shoot an entire 90-minute film in just six days.

This doesn't happen by accident.

James drops by with his own Weird List – a little film knowledge that works equally well for your own life. Listen to a storyteller share everything from "Don't wait for ideal conditions" to "When time runs out, simplicity saves you."

It's a list that you can use in your work and in your life, directly from the pages...of the Playbook.