“The saddest part about getting older is seeing how intellectually dead some of my friends have chose to become.” My dad shared the words above with me at the beginning of 2018 when talking about the realities of getting older. Needless to say, they hit me like a ton of bricks, and I made a decision right then […]
“I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life.” — Warren […]
“Do you really need to add more good habits? When you want to be, you are super productive. Lacking good habits is not your weakness, but your bad habits are.” — My wife Normally when my wife smacks me in the face with reality I get defensive and start an unnecessary argument. However, when she said the […]
Exactly one year ago, on this very day, after receiving a pep-talk from a man I greatly admired, I submitted the bones of an article to Fast Company. To my surprise, a few weeks later, I was told that it made the cut and it ran the next day. As someone who had never put […]
After posting an article on how writing everyday has changed my life I received the following question: How do you find topics to write about on a daily basis? As someone who is approaching 365 days of writing everyday this question got me thinking about the advice that has helped me to come up with […]
Prior to giving a briefing in Vietnam in front of a team of his superiors, my dad put his words in front of his commanding officer. 45 minutes later when his boss finished reading, he turned to him and said, “This is good, but cut it down to 3 minutes.” My dad was dumbstruck, and […]
Originally appeared on Elephant Journal Throughout high school, college and for close to a decade after, drinking with my buddies was “standard operating procedure”. It was what we did. Whether at a bar, a party, a BBQ, or just sitting around, odds were high that alcohol was present, and more often than not, center stage. […]
