Nobody Leaves This World with a Thing in Their Pockets
Yesterday I met up with my ninth grade biology teacher for lunch. When you see somebody you haven’t seen for almost 17 years, it makes you really reflect on the fact that life hasn’t gone according to plan. When I think about what I thought my life would look like by now it’s certainly not...
How a Tumultuous Career has Led me into the Pursuit of a Better Life
By conventional standards or measures I’m not exactly what you would call successful. Then again, I’m also a guy who believes conventional wisdom yields conventional results. I don’t have any Ivy league degrees, transcripts with straight A’s or a resume the warrants envy. At the age of 23 after working 13 hours days and developing...
The Courage to Take Off
The other day I went surfing after six days out of the water. When I got to Trestles, the surf spot in San Clemente where I’ve been spending most of my time, it was bigger than I’d seen it in the past and different. The waves were faster, the drops were steeper and the surfers...
Firefighters vs Trailblazers
Due to a somewhat sporadic career that an MBA admissions counselor once called “this crucible of a career” called a resume, I’ve been exposed to a number of different working environments Unsuccessful Companies with Terrible Management Successful Companies with Bad Management Unsuccessful companies with Good Management Semi-Successful Companies with Good Management Like many organizations, these...
3 Simple Ideas That Will Accelerate Your Progress in Reaching Your Goal
We’re in the third week of 2012 and if history has taught us anything, by now you’re already back to your old habits. You’ve stopped going to the gym, you’ve started eating crap, and the idea of accomplishing more in 2012 than you have in your entire life is an afterthought. The status updates, declarations...
