I’m certainly not rich, and I don’t care if I ever am. But I certainly want to be “wealthy”. If you think the two are the same, or that one is liquid assets and the other is net worth – I want to challenge your thinking… and perhaps your goals in life. So what is [...]
When you continue doing something the same way you’ve always done it, even though you know of a better way — that’s when you’ve stopped growing. Keep learning.
1) Freedom is having the right to lead your own life as you see fit, up until it infringes on someone else’s right to do the same. 2) Subsequently, freedom is also having the right to lead your own life, without being infringed upon by others. If we were all accountable enough to [...]
Life is good. Living it isn’t always a bed of roses, but being alive and breathing is good. Sure, you may have a problem or three right now, and those problems might be interfering with the plans you had for your life; but the bottom line is that living and breathing in itself is opportunity. [...]
I’m going to take a little break from chatting up my current startup, PoundWire and write about something more general, startups. Chances are, if you’re reading this you’re kind of into them too. And I don’t mean every startup, because technically if you were to open a brand new pizza joint down the street, that [...]
“If you look in the shadow of complexity, you’ll either find ineptitude or corruption. Sometimes both.” – Me, 5/13/2010
When an Astronaut is up in space, and they want to look to Heaven to pray or seek advice, which way do they look? There’s only an “up” when you’re standing on Earth. Once you’re out there, “up” is in all directions except back towards Earth. Although you could still look “up” by looking back [...]
I’m starting a new usage for the word Tron. Help me add it to everyday slang. Tron: v. – To disappear into your computer and exist only in a digital world. Tronning: v. – The process of disappearing into your computer world. Tronned, or Tron’d: n. – Congrats, you only exist to other people in [...]
So it just occurred to me, if you were to describe the political ideology that exists within the average mid-to-large sized business, it would probably be a Totalitarianism. I’m not complaining about that, because if you think about it, that’s kind of the way it has to be. Businesses exist solely to make money and [...]
I read something awesomely funny on Ruminations.com a couple weeks ago, and I love repeating it so I’ll share. And then of course, deconstruct. Whenever someone says “I’m not book smart, but I’m street smart”, all I hear is “I’m not real smart, but I’m imaginary smart”. Having met many people who make the claim [...]