Think of leaves… Did you think of autumn leaves at the peak of their fall colors just before they begin to leave their branches and drift to the ground? Perhaps you thought of the crispy brown fall leaves as they crunch under foot while you rake them into piles to be bagged and hauled away. […]
You don’t become the best at something by playing at a basic level against basic competition your entire career. If you want to be the best guitar player you don’t stop challenging yourself after you learn three chords. If you want to be the best chess player, you don’t play people who are not as […]
In case you’re unfamiliar with this television trope, the headline of this post refers to the TV series Lassie where the faithful collie companion runs barking to the family’s home in order to sound the alarm that their son (Timmy) had fallen into a well and was in need of rescue. If it weren’t for […]
I’m a big believer in finding scary monsters to slay. The most dangerous dragons guard the greatest treasure (the dragons are there to helps us see how much we really want the treasure), but sometimes the big scary monsters are really just cuddly little cutie-pies — and the dangerous dragon might just turn out to […]
The world can seem pretty dark and dismal at times. When things start going wrong it can feel like everything is going wrong — but it’s not. Don’t buy into the B.S. The world is still filled with interesting people, awesome ideas, and incredible opportunity. But you can’t get to those opportunities by being negative, […]
Are you the peanut butter to someone’s jelly? The cheese to someone’s crackers? The mustard to someone’s hot dog? When you’re in the right partnership with someone, you feel like you’re two halves of a whole. You partner with a person because you’re both better together than apart. As a partner your value increases exponentially […]
Back when we were all still allowed to travel further than the length of our driveway and taking a vacation meant more than sitting in a lawn chair in your backyard, my favorite place to escape to was Hawaii. Anytime we travelled to Oahu, my wife and I always made time to visit the Moana […]