Wind It Fast or Slow
The grandfather clock in our library is authentic and needs to be wound once a week. The family considers it “Dad’s clock,” so winding it is “a Daddy job.” When I get in a hurry and wind it fast, the pendulum’s swing arc falls off the path and eventually stops swinging altogether. When this happens, […]
Light Bulbs and Ceiling Tiles
I ruined Mother’s Day for my wife. Her favorite special treat is breakfast for dinner. Every year for Mother’s Day, my wife looks forward to waffles, eggs, and all the bacon she can have for dinner with the family. As an added bonus, while everyone else is waiting in line for thirty minutes to an […]
Celebrations
Yesterday I wrote about the importance of celebrating milestones. Specifically, I celebrated one month of writing again, and 33 days in a row of posting new work to this website (up to 34 with today’s post). For the celebration, my wife and I downed a shot of Jägermeister and quickly acknowledged the streak. When it […]
Celebrate Milestones: One Month
Wednesday marked a milestone for me and my writing on this blog. It’s been one month since I started again, and with this post I have now published something every day for 33 days in a row. Naturally, I made merry. It’s important to celebrate milestones meaningful to us and take time out from the […]
Start In Your Trunk
If you’re an author, you don’t have to be at the front of every bookstore and in every airport across the U.S. If you’re a musician, your album doesn’t need to be splashed across the iTunes home page on the day it’s released. If you create a retail product, it doesn’t have to be stocked […]
Grace
Ask ten different people for a definition of grace, and you’ll receive ten different answers. What does grace mean to you? In the last few months, my wife and I have both separately admitted to each other our need to work on grace, but to put into words exactly what we meant by that statement […]
Cost Exceeds Price
Convinced my purchase would revolutionize my family’s media consuming experience, on October 28th of 2016, I ordered the Logitech Harmony Ultimate All in One Remote from Amazon. At the time, the price was $169.99, but price was of no concern to me. Did you not see the word “ULTIMATE” right there in the actual name? […]
What I Must Do
The field is level, the professional understands, only in heaven.~ Steven Pressfield, the War of Art Because I recognize the truth in this, I know what I must do. I must work 2x, 3x, 10x as hard as I have before. To stack the deck in my favor. To overcome the odds. To make sure that […]
Sunday Notes: Multi-million-dollar game of telephone
In board rooms, war rooms, and locker rooms everywhere, a common problem exists. Leadership conceives of a plan, and then communicates the plan down through various levels of management until it ultimately reaches the people – the boots on the ground – who have the responsibility to execute the plan. In the best of worlds, […]
Magic Wand Lesson
If you could wave a magic wand and receive one lesson from an expert in anything at all, what would that activity be, and who is your expert of choice? Reply in the comments section with the magic wand lesson of your choosing. We live in a time with unparalleled opportunities, and I didn’t have […]
