I wanted to share some early insights from the Summer 2020 Depth Check Up that I began last week, focused on digging into how we’re all doing right now. If you haven’t participated yet, please consider taking five minutes to add your own insights. The responses I’ve received so far have been real and raw, [...]
I found myself curious the other day, interested in finding out how we're all doing in the midst of one of the most unpredictable times ever. Working from home, a new school year, social distancing and isolation, racism in America, and the coming election – 2020 has challenged our limits. We've all been traveling a rocky path [...]
Say what you want about professional sports… some of you reading this believe that pro sports are a waste. To be completely transparent, when it comes to the NBA, NFL, NHL, and the MLB, I'm no addicted fanatic. Call me a fair-weather fan, or a bandwagon rider... I'm OK with either label. I can own [...]
My twins started driver's ed today. Like almost everything these days that resembles a meeting with a group of people, they're using Zoom. At fourteen, I just witnessed them both experience the terror of their first Zoom call. Their browsers didn't support Zoom, so they had to download the app… Click here... Almost downloaded... Here [...]
These words may ring true to you right now. "I don't want to be just a cog in the machine." I recall thinking that, and probably even said it out loud to my friends, when I left my corporate job to start my own business. I was done being just a cog. Recently, I realized [...]
My dad used to tell me, “Be careful what you ask for.” Apparently, he was a lot smarter than I ever gave him credit for. A few weeks ago, I started an interesting journey where I asked some people I trust these three questions: What is my greatest strength or skill? What is my greatest [...]
How well do you understand your weaknesses? I mean, the gaps you have in your life that are holding you back – the things that are keeping you from creating the depth you'd like to… It struck me the other day that although I think I know what my weaknesses are, I might be missing [...]
COVID-19 has created an odd environment for all of us, one that involves wearing masks. It’s been challenging to get used to covering our faces and breathing behind that material. For many, the experience has been claustrophobic. These masks have become a source of friction – choosing to wear one or not to wear one [...]
You’ve been gone now for about thirteen years. I lost you in an instant, and time has flown by since. When you died, the twins were not even a year old. Today, they are fourteen. You would be so proud of them and the adults they’re becoming. As a dad myself, now raising teenagers, I [...]
"You are the coolest dad ever…" Those were the words of my son, wide-eyed and baffled as he watched me ollie his new skateboard. An ollie is a simple trick I used to do as a kid, stomping the tail of your board on the ground with one foot and popping it into the air [...]
