December 4, 2025
When I sit down to write my daily Thought of the Day and Question of the Day, I remind myself that these posts are less about perfection and more about presence. Today I am leaning into that truth. This Thought of the Day and Question of the Day combo brings together two things that have been wrestling inside my own head lately. One is about the power of focus. The other is about December music and the one song I look forward to every year even if some people judge me for it.
Thought of the Day: A focused fool can accomplish more than a distracted genius
Alex Hormozi hits you right between the eyes with this one. A focused fool can accomplish more than a distracted genius. It is the kind of sentence that does not politely knock on the door. It barges in and sits on your couch.
Focus is one of the things I chase every day. I have three kids, a full time job, a side project called Low Two Pair that I am trying to build into something real, and a brain that sometimes decides a good time to think about reorganizing the house is the exact moment I am supposed to be doing something else. Focus feels like a superpower I have not quite been approved for yet.
But when I do get it right, even for fifteen minutes, I agree with Hormozi. The world opens up. Progress happens. Things get done.
I used to believe that success required brilliance. Then I lived long enough to see that brilliance is overrated. Consistency and focus are the true engines. The genius who cannot sit still loses to the fool who keeps moving. Every single time.
When I wrote about finding meaning even in difficult seasons, I was circling the same idea without naming it yet. Focus creates meaning. Steadiness creates meaning. I still think about that lesson from Life Finds a Way because it reminded me that forward motion counts even when it is clumsy.
And honestly, I needed this reminder today. A focused fool can finish the work. A distracted genius is still on the couch scrolling through something they will not remember in an hour. I do not want to be the guy who is always scrolling. I want to be the guy who is doing.
Question of the Day: What song do you look forward to each December?
My answer might be a little controversial, but I am choosing Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses.
Every December it hits me right in the nostalgia. It does not try too hard. It is upbeat without being sugary. It is Christmas without sounding like it was created in a factory that pumps out cinnamon scented air. And the story in the lyrics is exactly the right level of chaotic holiday energy. Two people who keep missing each other all year only to finally collide on Christmas Eve over last minute grocery shopping. That feels about right.
I know a lot of people say their favorite December song is something classic and warm and candlelit. But mine is this bouncy, oddball, early eighties track that probably should not work but absolutely does. It is the music version of the friend who shows up late, brings store bought cookies, and still ends up saving the night.
The older I get, the more I realize December is not about perfection. It is about rhythm. It is about the traditions we keep even when we do not know why anymore. It is about the little things that signal to our brain that somehow another year has passed and we made it. Somehow.
When I wrote recently about everyday joys in Why I Love the Night it reminded me that these tiny moments are the real anchors in my life. And songs like this one are part of the anchor system.
It also ties back to something I mentioned in What Do You Have a Low Tolerance For where I admitted I have a low tolerance for things that try too hard. Christmas Wrapping does not try too hard. It just is what it is and that is enough.
So that is my answer. I look forward to it every December and yes, I play it more than once.
Your Turn
Tell me below. What song do you look forward to each December? And how do you hold onto your focus when everything around you starts pulling at your attention?
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