Don’t Make New Years Resolutions

Laura and I, making Jack-o-Lanterns

New years resolutions simply don’t work.  Don’t waste your time making them.   Spend your time worrying about something else instead. Think about it.  When was the last time you were confident about making a resolution at new years and then sticking to it?  When folks talk about their new years resolutions, I rarely hear [...]

Shiny Object Syndrome. . . .My Reading List

Here’s a list of everything that I’m reading right now.  Since I got a Kindle Touch for Christmas, I’ve been reading differently.  I bounce back and forth between the Kindle and the physical books that I have started.  I’m definitely reading more that I was, and differently. Since I’m constantly reading, I thought it would [...]

MacBook Pros are the new Chevy Pickups

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Before he passed away, my Granddad, the beekeeper, would tell these fantastical stories of his entrepreneurial journey.  He would talk about saving his nickels and dimes in order to buy Chevy Trucks, or a few acres of land, so that he could work more and make more money.  The stories were fantastical because a few [...]

A list of things that I am concerned about these days

Sometimes you've got to start sharing what you've written earlier than you expected

I’m using my blog posts to process what I’m thinking about.  That includes networking and entrepreneurship.  And it also includes things I’m worried about, and things I’m learning.  The blogs I read the most are the blogs written by men who candidly share their flaws and use what they write to process their experience.   [...]