Let me ask you a question: How do you look on paper? Does your resumé make you look good? Does it list your greatest qualities? Now let me ask you another: How does the real you compare to the paper? If you look the same in person as you do on paper, you’re missing out…
This quote hit me so hard today. “Millions long for immortality who don’t know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.” – Susan Ertz So many of wish for more time in our day. We wish we didn’t have to eat or sleep so we could get more work done. But then a…
When I told my dad my New Years resolution he laughed at me. Not maliciously or mockingly…but he’s not quite sure what I do currently. It seems I spend a few hours in front of a computer each morning and somehow support my wife and myself. It’s actually true. I definitely don’t rock a full…
Styles change. Passions don’t. Unfortunately, most people have passion for styles. Musicians are married to their genre. Technically-minded people are married to their technology. So when styles change, they find themselves outdated and unable to cope. Then when they can’t keep up, their passion dies. And that’s when they lose out.
I’m fighting an internal battle at the moment. I have an idea. It’s an idea that I think would be amazing. But it’s a far cry from my current skill set and sweet spot. So this is my dilemma. Should I pursue the great idea and risk killing a bit of the momentum with my…
Right now I’m in a three bedroom house with twelve people. One group is speaking rapid Spanish, the other English. My wife and I are at her parents’ house for the holidays, and they have some extra family visiting from Argentina. Right now I’m sitting at the table with eight people chatting it up and…
I get this weird fear when I take a long time off from work. When I stop tweeting and posting pithy bits on Facebook and Twitter, I start worrying that people forget I exist. I mean, do I really exist if people aren’t liking or retweeting my thoughts? So that leads me to posting silly…
This might be the scariest truth you will ever encounter. Or, if you see it the right way, it can be the most exciting truth ever. Here is it: There is rarely (almost never) one right answer. Standardized tests in school teach us there is always a right answer. It’s either a, b, c, d,…
The conference I previously worked for, Echo, announced recently that last year was their last one. (at least for now) I’m not going to lie. I was immediately tempted to start my own conference similar to Echo. I even got some folks approaching me to start one. I have loads of people behind me if…
I don’t know about you, but it’s hard for me to be creative in the morning. Deep and meaningful thoughts don’t come to me until at least 12 ounces of coffee. But I also can’t afford to diddle my morning away on blogs and YouTube videos. I need to get some work done. And once…