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The Stress of Being Cool
I always wanted to be the coolest kid on the block, but it never really played out that way for me. No matter how hard I tried I was never the coolest guy. Even if lots of people liked me and I was popular there were still others who were more liked and more popular. [...]
Don’t Push Send
There is a simple principle that is often overlooked when typing an email: Don’t push send until you have calmed down. You can’t take back the snarky or the sarcastic. It will take quite a few emails to clean up the mess you will make when you respond out of emotional frustration. Note to self: [...]
Slowing Down
During the first week of Alexis life during some downtime that I wasn’t sleeping my wife and I watched the movie Old Dogs featuring Robin Williams and John Travolta. Although not their best comedic performances it was a cute movie that my wife and I enjoyed. Robin Williams plays a big time business agent who [...]
The Drip
Last week my wife started having contractions. At a future time in the pregnancy this could be an exciting sign of things to come, however, last week was too early to have contractions. Slightly panicked we rushed off to the hospital. After an initial check-up from our doctor it was decided that we needed to [...]
Feelings
A week ago I posted that I was going to try an experiment where each day I would try and write down 10 feelings I was having to try and help me explore why I get angry so often. Prior to starting this self imposed homework assignment I expected this exercise to be enlightening and [...]
Cancer Sucks!
I posted this on Twitter a few hours ago: I posted that after hanging up from a heart wrenching call with my co-manager Steve Terrones. Steve’s brother Will is in the middle of a cancer fight. Will is fighting hard, but to be honest, he isn’t winning. It sucks and my heart is broken for [...]
I’ve Got a Feeling
Most men fail when it comes to sharing their feelings. Even women who we astutely stereotype to be the “feelers” of society may struggle with sharing their feelings. However, every coin has two sides. On the opposite side of that coin for most men is the side where men are awesome at sharing their anger. [...]
AHA! – Free Conference
A few weeks ago I opened up a discussion about conferences and seminars that cost money but are being broadcast online for free. I wholeheartedly agree with my friend Kyle Reed that an online conference can not replace in person community that is created in the hallways of a conference. I however see the tremendous [...]
Hijacked
Currently Pastor Jud Wilhite is preaching a 6 part sermon series from the passage of scripture found in Matthew chapter 5 famously titled, “The Sermon on the Mount“. Most pastors that I have heard preach on this passage always start with Beatitudes and maybe move on to the other passages that Jesus taught. Jud has [...]
Paralyzed By Fear
A German proverb says, “Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.” Fear is an elusive emotion that shows up when we don’t want it to and haunts us in our weakest moments. I have been afraid of many things through the course of my life but I have never been afraid of snowboarding. That [...]
