For about a month now I've been walking around to the hook, "my life was never Eazy!" It's a rap song, sorry I got distracted but I just thought you should know I listened to that song 3,000 times while writing this article. If you find yourself wondering, "what should I post on LinkedIn...

I'm not sure when it was, but I was reading an article by someone advising others to watch out for the so-called experts who are"self-taught" because they haven't had any formal training.  I had to laugh because I'm 100% self-taught.  Thanks, Roger. This one is for you.  What's the greatest day of your life?...

When I was in high school, I had a girlfriend who wanted to talk on the phone for hours, and I despised it! I figured if we couldn't hang out that day, we could catch up in person tomorrow but, I was soft. "Sure, let's talk on the phone for two hours. What else...

Six weeks ago, I saw a picture of a great friend sitting around a bonfire alone and on his laptop. It was the end of summer, the sun was setting over the lake, and the view was majestic but, it was a Saturday night. Knowing how much I care for this person, I put...

I used to think that learning new things about yourself was self-discovery and part of a growth mindset. Now I realize that some things just don't matter, and I'm fine with that.  I was working on two projects simultaneously, each of them was attached to a deadline, and they were easily 100+ hours of...

2:45pm Thursday, January 21st. Sitting at my desk, alone in my office with the only light coming from my desk lamp. It’s below freezing outside and the only noise in the room is the oscillating heater I have turned all the way to the “hottest” it will go far right. The only noise I...

  Picture a twelve-year-old kid with a "Just Do It" shirt, tucked into a pair of mismatching Umbro shorts, coming at you on a Redline 360 (BMX) in the early '90s. If you need a touch of more detail picture that same kid with the cleanest pair of Deion's (Nike's), and a Sony Walkman...