Cancer’s always been a bit of a mysterious evil to me. I knew it was bad, but I had no idea what it actually was. Fortunately, my wife is excessively smart and she learned about it during her pre-med undergraduate degree. So I asked her to explain it to me. Basically, cancer is when cells…
I had the opportunity to brainstorm with my pastor the other day. Easter’s coming up, and because of the new building our church just moved into, an Easter egg hunt isn’t an option for the kiddos. So he was trying to figure out another option to have something fun for the kids this Easter. We…
I’ve seen quite a bit of interest lately from people wondering what I do. When I tell them I’m completely ad supported…they give me a blank look and ask me how that’s possible. So I figured I’d share what I do here. Recently, my site ChurchStageDesignIdeas.com has hit a tipping point where I actually have…
Remember learning about the circadian rhythm in school? It’s the internal clock that syncs us up with the day. It’s what triggers us to sleep for eight hours once a day. Apparently, though, our internal clock wishes the day was 11 minutes longer. Current data suggests our circadian rhythm is set to a 24 hour…
Did you know there’s an optimum sound level for creativity? It’s 70 decibels. It’s about the amount of volume you’d hear due to ambient noise at a coffee shop. I guess there’s a reason some people feel extra creative at coffee shops. There’s also an ideal temperature. Warm. I’m a firm believer in creating an atmosphere…
So many people dream of being self-employed. I’m living that dream. It’d be easy to look at my life and assume it’s heaven. I wake up when I want. I can take long lunch breaks. I hit up Starbucks whenever I like (I’m at one right now). But it’s because of those freedoms that self-employment…
Did you know Southwest Airlines was dreamed up on a paper napkin? The company’s founder drew out the initial idea on a cocktail napkin. It was a triangle representing the three cities the airline would fly between. It was a massively simple idea meant to make business travel in Texas easier. I love how some…
Mercury is in retrograde. Normally, the planet Mercury appears to travel from west to east across the night sky. But right now, Mercury will is traveling westward. If you could watch it happen all at once, Mercury appears to slow down its movement, stop, reverse direction, slow down, stop, then reverse direction again. How is…
In marketing, there’s a concept called decoy pricing strategy. It’s meant to make you spend more money than you would otherwise. Let me illustrate with a scenario. Imagine you’re at a coffee shop and they offer a drink in two sizes: small for $2 and large for $4. You’d almost certainly buy the small size…
People always approach me with their ideas. They’ll often say something like: “I have a good idea. I just don’t know how to make it happen. Can you help me?” I’m always tempted to tell them, “It’s not a good idea if you don’t know how to make it happen.” See, a good idea that…