When I went away to college I would often come back home to visit my family and friends. Some friends were still in high school or just happened to be home at the same time I was. My college was 180 miles from my hometown and several people I went to high school with would […]
If you follow me on social media, you would know why I use those two words a lot in the pictures I post. For those who do not follow me, I have a reputation of posting pictures of terrible parking jobs I see, under the heading of “Try. Harder”. People who cannot get their vehicle […]
We all get stuck in our "me" bubble from time to time and we may need to reprogram ourselves to get out. I get a lot of questions thrown my way. Perhaps it's the nature of my job or that people are truly interested in my thoughts and opinions on topics or how my […]
Anytime you scroll through your Facebook news feed, one or many of your friends are pissed off about something. It doesn't matter if it's political or just a comment on something they saw that day; people use these soundboards and soundboards like it to express their feelings to the world. The often do this to […]
March 18th 2013 my brother Michael fell asleep and died. A year of traditions, holidays and random days without him all checked off and acknowledged. Each day serving as a stepping stone or checkpoint towards getting us closer and passed the anniversary of his death. Getting through and getting passed has been somewhat of a […]
I almost always tip 20%. Even with mediocre or average service, you still get 20% from me. There have only been a few moments in my life where I haven't tipped at all, but those events were justified by the level of terrible service. Even I have my limits! Why always 20%? Because it's easy […]
Some great quotes on my book Pull The Trigger. "You'll find yourself picking this book up, opening it up just about anywhere. Always a quick lesson and a friendly reminder". "Pull the Trigger does an excellent job of teaching you the concepts you need to succeed in business and in life and the author skillfully […]
Things that you used to lose sleep over or worry about, you now find to be so trivial and lame. You can't roll your eyes and discount others as they experience those same things and react how you used to react. You tell them that everything will be fine or this too shall pass, but […]
Cowboys use this tactic when they have to remove a sick animal or one that needs to be branded from the herd. In college, we also called it cutting the herd, but it had more to do with dating and luring that one girl away from her pack in order to communicate with her without […]
Friends- Many of you know and many of you may not know, I wrote a book. I took a lot of my now, read by over 20,000 people, blog and turned it into a book. Every dollar made from the book goes into a college fund that we set up for my brother's daughter Phoebe. […]