The news and highlights are all over the place today.  A friend of the work Tim Urban (Wait But Why) wrote about Elon Musk, then water filters are about what you thought they were.  Politico and Axios builders tell little stories about big things and a room with a view.  Codie Sanchez is the rock star of business.

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Tim Urban, who recently released his latest book, What's Our Problem?  Sent a reminder of a series he wrote back in 2015 on Elon Musk.  Urban tells us about his opportunity to spend time with Musk after Musk reached out to Urban because of his blog Wait But Why?  It is a fantastic story of a writer who has always been faithful to his thoughts and a mogul who found him and appreciated the thought process and what they talked about. 

Urban takes us back to 2015 Musk, about a decade after starting Space X and Tesla.  His popularity was rising, his companies were on the verge of exploding in growth, and his social media presence was following suit.  Was there anything in the past and in this interview that could have predicted where Elon would go?

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If you have ever read an article and, at the end of the story, thought to yourself, "Ya, that’s about what I thought before I went in.  This is that story.  Dana G. Smith writes for the NYT and composes a well-researched and cited story about filtered water.  If you are curious about how much water we use or drink, look at your bill.  If you have ever sat through a whole home water conditioner demo, you also know there are a lot of hidden issues in the water.

There are many rumors about bottled water; some say it is healthy, others say it's the worst available water, and that tap water is cleaner.  Water from wherever is better than soda pop or other sugary drinks.  If you drink a lot of water, use a water filter, either a built-in filter in your sink or refrigerator or a portable filter with a pitcher of water in your fridge. 

In the end, as Smith digs in, the type of water filter and the region you live in will determine how adequate your local water supply and filters can be.  Ya, we know, it's about what you thought.

Axios CEO Jim VandeHei wrote the Axios Finish Line newsletter today.  In it, he writes a story about stories, specifically about little stories between friends and family that linger as something more significant than they might have been when first told.  These little stories can be big things in the lives of the people the stories are shared with.  Playing the card game called spoons when on a family vacation, a special tradition, or a mentor who taught you how to write or play an instrument.  Small stories, big things.

At the end of the same newsletter is a photo; let your creative mind take on a journey of where this photo was taken and what the space was used for.  Even after knowing where the picture was taken, thinking about what it would have been like to be in a **** and looking out onto the ocean for ***** that could be heading to shore, more essential things.  The answer is at the end of the newsletter.’

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It's a view of the Atlantic Ocean taken from a fort in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Lee W. from Phoenix.

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