I was talking to a friend this week. Her friend has a daughter. The daughter is going through a divorce. Uh oh. If you’ve ever been through one, you know like I do that divorce is most easily summarized with two simple words: divorce sucks. It really does for a bunch...
Do you remember where you were 1,462 days ago? 1,462 days ago, there was a clear and present danger of killing someone if you sneezed. 1,462 days ago, people drove around by themselves wearing masks and rubber gloves. 1,462 days ago, a typical 2-hour commute was a...
My great grandfather was an electrical engineer from England. Apparently he lost the patent on the light meter to a guy named ‘Polaroid’ by 10 days. That would have changed my world a little. When I finally bought my first “real” camera, I did the research, the hand...
Today’s Sunday Blog is sponsored by no one but me. There is no rhythm, reason, or rhyme to it. It’s just some random thoughts I pondered, fact-checked and scribbled this week. Pick, choose, use, or toss whatever works for you. Blind Faith “Blind faith” is the belief...
Did you hear about what’s happening 163 days from today? We’re going to have another election. Seems like the last one’s still not over? I so get it. I think that most people would agree that in the larger sense that these days, We the People have...
There’s this one thing you do every day. You may not know it, but you do. Each day you write a page of the story of your life. In your life you will witness, read, and hear tens of thousands of stories, but the one story that matters most is your story. Your story is...
Welcome to Mother’s Day. Here’s the story. Mother’s Day in America was started in 1907 by a woman named Anna Jarvis. It actually started as a tribute to Jarvis’s mother who had organized women’s groups to promote friendship and health. In 1914, President Woodrow...
This is about how you can blow a bigger horn. It works whether you’re a dentist drilling in Tacoma. Or a mom selling cookies in Oklahoma. You need to leverage your magic. Step 1 The first question is the most obvious: what is your magic? Answer: it’s your Scooby Dooby...
Have you ever been diagnosed with a complex like depression or anxiety? Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Have you ever taken the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator? If so, you’ve been labeled by the work of Swiss psychologist Carl Jung. One of the most fundamental...
Albert Einstein once said, “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world.” It really is, but most people never stop to think about it – especially young people. We had an awesome Does it Pencil Webinar on Friday – thanks to everyone who showed up. One of...
