Hi friends, I hope your summer is off to a good start! We had a milder than usual spring here in the Phoenix area, with plenty of rain and even a superbloom throughout my part of the Sonoran Desert, offering a slow onramp into these summer months where the heat gets increasingly intense. But we’re now properly in it, with temperatures in the high 90s and low 100s and hotter heat to come, which means I’ve slid into my summer schedule, where I get up very early in order to run and exercise while I still can.

Hello, friends, and welcome to Further Faster Fridays! Happy to have you here! If this is your first issue, welcome! We ship the best content in personal development and leadership each Friday to help you go further, faster. Glad to have you as part of the community! Now, on to the content! This is a fascinating article from Gallup that explores how post-pandemic customer behaviors have shifted and what this means for your employees.

Over the last few years, I’ve learned a few important lessons in draft scouting. One of the more light-hearted takeaways: don’t bet against Draft Twitter favorites. When there are prospects who get an overwhelming amount of support from the online medium’s premiere scouts, there tends to be a correlation to the success they have in the NBA. I think back to Brandon Clarke and Desmond Bane being highly-touted online with their fair share of supporters.

Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2baba, is a legendary Nigerian musician, songwriter, and philanthropist. He is known to many as the brilliant mind behind ‘African Queen’ and other hit songs. He has many talents and interests - especially in helping African youths and displaced people.  After establishing himself as a bonafide star with the Plantashun Boiz in 1999, 2Baba emerged as the standout leader of the emerging generation with the 2004 release of his solo debut album ‘Face 2 Face’.

Welcome to the THW Hockey History Substack newsletter, with all the best from our extensive archives. Share On this date, Mother Nature made her presence felt during one of the most memorable games in National Hockey League history. Also, there was plenty of overtime drama and some coaches who were in need of updating their resumes. The THW time machine is gassed up and ready to take us on our daily journey through the decades to relive all the best from May 20.