Making a Difference

Seeing Our Ideas Through to Completion

Today, I saw a loch that a Duke carved out in the late 1700’s to connect a seven mile away coal mine to the city center. The plaque said he […]

Turning Over Rocks

When I started in sales, my mentor told me my job was to turn over rocks to discover what was underneath each rock. Most of the time, there was nothing. […]

The Economy of Free: Wendell Berry

Last evening I was introduced to Eighty-three-year-old Wendell Berry, Poet, author, essayist and voice of the local farmer by way of a private screening of the film, Look and See. […]

Let the World Know You Are There

I opened a letter my late grandparents wrote me August 6th, 1994 it read, “Congratulations: School may be over, but you never stop learning so go and let the world […]

Reframing Your Story

We gave away free ice cream to one hundred of our friends, strangers, new neighbors, kids from school and construction workers. We setup two VW buses, one with adult beverages […]

Dispatch: U2’s Bono Preaches at the Rose Bowl

I heard Bono preach a gospel message at the Rose Bowl. I thought I was coming to a concert. One song into the U2’s Joshua Tree Thirtieth Anniversary Tour, I […]

Diversify Your Career With a Side Hustle

We can no longer afford to sell 100% of our attention to one company. We have more power than ever before. The world is too big, too connected and too […]

The Science of Happiness

When I worked in advertising. I learned that cover titles are created to sells the most magazines. It’s not the compelling new content that drives the title. It’s the consumer […]

Why I Write About More Than Just Work-Life Balance?

(Written in 2014) I never set out to write a blog. I told myself, that’s the last thing the world needs, another guy with an opinion. This month marks my third […]

Why We Should Avoid the Sea of Same?

Being the same is easier than creating something unique. Being the same is less risky than paddling out away from the sharks to see what the blue ocean holds. Being […]