For years, I helped build something I was genuinely proud of. The Data School trained some of the best Tableau consultants in the world. We had cohorts in London, New York, and Hamburg. Hundreds of analysts came through the program and went on to do incredible work. And I loved it. Until I didn’t. When we decided to scale, the right move was to let the other coaches take on more of the training. It was great for their careers and great for the business. But it meant I was doing less of the...

When I started The Data School, I wasn’t hiring analysts. I was hiring people who had never worked in data a day in their lives. My job was to take them from zero and turn them into Tableau experts in four months. No shortcuts. No skipping the hard parts. Just intensive, deliberate teaching, repeated until it clicked. Ten of those students became Tableau Visionaries. More than twenty-five became Tableau Ambassadors. I tell you this not to brag. I tell you this because it changed how I think...

I have a bad neck. Not "I sleep a little stiff sometimes" bad. Full-on, wakes-me-up-at-3am, chiropractor-on-speed-dial bad. So when I started looking at pillows and found one for $230, I did what any reasonable person does. I called Eva to ask if I was losing my mind. She didn't say yes. She said: "Andy, how much did your last pair of running shoes cost?" (You don't want to know. 😊) I told her. She said: "And how many hours do they last?" I went quiet. Then she said: "You sleep eight hours a...