Life
Whose Life Are You Living Anyway?
Have you ever started a project, business, or any undertaking and then caved to the criticism from others? Did you ever wonder why you caved instead of living your life the way you wanted? Who we associate with and who we let influence us matters. We are all raised by parents, who instill their values…
Read MoreMy Year-End Review of 2013
Now that the Year is Finished, It’s Time to Review My 2013 I think it’s kind of strange to review the past year before January 1, 2014 because the year isn’t over yet. Before I can review my year of miscues and triumphs, I feel the need to finish out the year first. I guess…
Read MoreMy Sober Date Four Years Later
I joined the ranks of the sober on May 5, 2009. I had always envisioned myself as the brash, hard-drinking, hard-smoking business guy. Nothing could have been further from the truth. The truth was that I was living in a very small apartment (long-term motel room) as I had for the last 7 or so…
Read MoreTurn Resolutions Into Goals
The New Year 2012 has begun and it’s a great time for positive change, optimism and encouragement. I used to hear about the resolutions that everyone had written down for the New Year. Recently I have noticed that it’s not something I hear other people talking about anymore. Maybe with the new tools people have these…
Read MoreIgnorance as an Enemy
Ignorance has a tendency to breed a particularly stubborn brand of arrogance. It is a quality that I’ve seen in others on several occasions in business (and other walks of life). Sometimes it can serve as an advantage, like the first time you rode a bicycle or jumped of the high dive…or when you took…
Read MoreThe Best Christmas Present
This morning, I awoke to the seeming Monday morning feeling of a Tuesday after the long holiday weekend and did something I haven’t done recently- count my blessings. I know I should do it everyday, but I’m human, I get caught up in the rush of the challenges of the day and the goals of…
Read MoreThe Best “Failure” I’ve Ever Had
In the past, when I stopped a business that I had been working on, the results were disastrous. This time, not so much. I was incredibly fortunate to have been involved in the last business I got into and I met some really great people. I was challenged to do things I’ve never done before…like move to Atlanta with…
Read MoreShouldn’t every day be Thanksgiving?
It’s been a long Thanksgiving weekend and I was off for the first time in years. I don’t remember the last time that I’ve had this much time off for Thanksgiving. I am very thankful for it and for everything that I have in my life right now. It is giving me time to read and to catch…
Read MoreWhy I’m Doing Better Than I Was Three Years Ago
This is a note to all the politicians and the people that think that government will help you out. First, the question that is a campaign tool for many politicians is “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” I am a fiscally conservative single heterosexual man who is doing better than…
Read MoreMy Identity Crisis Continues…
If you’ve ever read that I blog for my own benefit and not yours, this is one of those posts. So who the hell am I and why should you read this (another great question posed by Carol Roth)? She didn’t ask me personally, but I’m going to try to answer this question for my…
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