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Breathing Life Into Your Dreams

“These toys are REAL. They are alive!” John Lasseter, Co-Founder and Visionary of Pixar Animation Studios I believe that dreams impregnate reality. I love living inside the dreams that other’s […]

How Much Did They Pay You To Give Up on Your Dreams

“$27K Grand a Year.” “And when were you going to stop and come back and do what makes you happy?” “I don’t know.” “You have an opportunity. This is a […]

Dispatch: Star Wars and the Power of Costume Exhibit

I remember watching the first Star Wars movie play on the single screen small town theatre in Bishop, CA. A few years later, we camped in the desert to witness […]

What Sucks the Life Out of You?

Fists were banging on the table while expletives were being used as verbs. It was late and everyone could feel the stress, worry, and anxiety in the room. I left […]

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 […]

Do Work You Love

Life is short. Stop doing work that you can barely tolerate and start pursuing what you love. It’s really that simple. I just listened to author Steven Pressfield tell a […]

Lessons I Learned From Mergers and Acquisitions

My wife was four months pregnant the first time I interviewed to keep my job. I turned up at 8 am for our Monday morning meeting and twenty of us […]

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 […]

The Inconvenience of Dissonance

“Dissonance: A lack of harmony. A tension or clash resulting from the combination of two disharmonious or unsuitable elements” (Wikipedia). I feel this lack of harmony internally when my actions […]

Coming Home Again

I plucked ripe radishes from our garden tonight. Our home is a carve out of peace. Salmon is on the grill. Tunes are creating an aroma of Aloha. I doubted […]