Jon Finkel

We’ve become a society of headline-reading, sub-headline glancing morons. Me included. Full stop.... Read More

No tricks. No gimmicks. No BS strategies about 5-minute reading windows or syncing an audio book with hard copy books or reading while you eat or while you brush your... Read More

Let’s start with the movie poster. It’s simple. It’s clean. It kicks ass. We’ve got Arnold in his classic Terminator leather jacket sitting on a motorcycle holding a shotgun. That’s... Read More

If you’ve gotten this far then I won’t insult your (obviously) brilliant movie IQ and taste with an explanation of Weekend at Bernies and why the movie is an early... Read More

It’s 94-degrees and muggy. Do you want to go stand by a small body of water for an hour after dinner and swat bugs away from your face and smack... Read More

I Was There I think attendance is imperative to claiming that a specific sporting event is your favorite of all time. In this case, the ’99 Major League Baseball All-Star... Read More

What is your mentality when you train? To me, everything in life is a mental and physical state of mind. You want to mentally be on top of things and... Read More

As Finkels the world over prepare to celebrate their eponymous holiday this May 5th their thoughts naturally turn to the pantheon of patronymic Finkelsteins and Finkelbergs and Finkelthals that came... Read More

ONE PERFORMANCE – Remember that movie Limitless where Brad Cooper’s character (a loser) takes a pill that turns him into a high performing mental wizard? The bad news is there’s no real... Read More

Gun to my head my favorite sandwich of all time is chicken cordon bleu. Highlighting the above scenario serves two purposes – one, to tell you just how much I... Read More