My family and I moved to New York City. We had a really good life in St. Louis, an amazing place to raise a family. We were living in one of the best school districts in the nation. We had a beautiful home. We even had loving neighbors and a rich community around us. My…More
Category Archives: Inspiration
The word that can radically improve your life
When was the last time you said yes to do something crazy? I’m not talking about shitting in a bag, slapping a stranger, or walking across fire, crazy. Doing those things is just wrong and not helpful. I’m talking about something that makes you really uncomfortable, palm sweaty, butterflies kicking the shit out of your…More
When you love work and family
There are days when I just want to be a stay at home dad. Yesterday was one of them.More
A secret for surviving in business
This week I was on a radio show. And I started wondering how the radio business works. I knew that it sold ads and branded content, but I didn’t know how they could be surviving in the age of digital media.More
One of the best decisions I’ve ever made in business
Business partnerships are not easy.More
My first year of entrepreneurship: from surviving to thriving
It had been less than a year since I first started my company, and I was running out of money.More
How I recovered from one of the worst mistakes ever
I misplaced over a million dollars. And, it wasn’t my money.More
Sometimes you need to quit a good job to get a great career
In my early thirties, I left a solid job and took a 50 percent pay cut to join a fledgling start-up.More
Getting fired from my job was the best thing for me
It was my dream job out of graduate school. Then, I got fired.More
How do I find the work I love?
How many times have you heard that you need to find your passion? It almost seems as if we need to have a passion for finding our passion. The problem is that so many of us have no idea what our passion is.More
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