The book · out now
Work Is Fun.
Seven Ways a Successful Ice Pop Company Makes Work Meaningful, and How You Can Too.
Fifteen years of running King of Pops. Stories from behind the cart, lessons from hiring people you love, and a field guide for making the whole thing worth it.
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Inside the book
Seven chapters, seven ideas.
Work Is Fun is built around the seven ideas that have shaped how we run King of Pops. Lessons from fifteen years of selling ice pops in the heat, hiring people we love, and building something that doesn’t feel like work.
01 · Featured chapter
Write an Epic Story
Every business worth working for has a story. Mine starts in a gas station parking lot in 2010 — laid off, broke, slinging pops out of a cart. Then a neighbor named Don Lemon walked by, liked the pops, and the next thing I knew it was on CNN. The book is about how to find your version of that story and live it.
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These Are the Good Ol’ Days
Why I keep telling myself to slow down and notice now, before it becomes the thing I miss later.
03 · Chapter
Ownership Is Free to Take
Even inside the most structured org, there’s more autonomy than you think. You just have to grab it.
04 · Chapter
Pride Compounds Over Time
Pride isn’t a perk. It’s a discipline. And it shows up in every small thing you ship.
05 · Chapter
Remember to Play
Play isn’t the opposite of serious work. It’s the engine of it.
06 · Chapter
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
Culture isn’t a perk wall. It’s the feeling people leave the building still carrying.
07 · Chapter
Work Within the Tension
Every business has seasons and trade-offs. The good ones don’t fight that. They design for it.