This post was co-written with Jenn Gallegos. Iconic science fiction author William Gibson dreams up futuristic worlds where the characters…
At SXSW last month, I attended several presentations that were well practiced but dull. There wasn’t anything inherently wrong with…
(I just unearthed this essay from an old blog of mine. It’s worth reposting here, even though SXSW ended a…
I’ve attended hundreds of panels over the years. I’ve also watched hundreds of solo and dual presentations. In this time,…
We are in a conference bubble. There are too many conferences, and not enough value being offered. New conferences are…
Last night I had a dream that I was watching a water strider bug with only four legs. Two legs…
We teach others how to treat us. We do this by what behaviors we allow, what we reinforce, and how…
In the deck-building card game Dominion, there comes a point where you stop focusing on improving your hand and start…
Everywhere we look, there’s a surplus of trite, cliched advice that doesn’t work or doesn’t really apply anymore, even though…
A couple weekends ago*, I went back to my hometown in rural Iowa for my step-brother’s wedding. Since I’d be…
Today I witnessed a miracle. It all started about four days ago when Jennie, my girlfriend*, flew to Northern California to see…
Today* I and five other Acton MBA classmates volunteered to spend time hanging out with old folks in a rehab…
As a young man, I decided that if I were to make a difference in the world, and I don’t mean…
The Law of Zero Sum Learning dictates that when we are young, if we put our heart and soul into…
In the 2000s, I built several businesses–all within the mortgage and real estate industries–and bought several commercial rental properties in…
Serendipity works in direct proportion to the clarity of your goals/plans/intentions, the force of the actions you’ve been taking recently,…
In today’s world, we’re always striving for more, more, more. More money, bigger companies, more market share, faster times, longer distances,…