Sharing Alaska
Alaska is worth sharing! Here are a few quick pics to update you on our travels through Seattle, Alaska and Vancouver. A huge thanks to Dr Steven and Debbie Airey, Shea and Elizabeth Airey and Quinn Ladd for making this adventure one to remember forever. From this trip I highly recommend the following: Icebergs, NW Pacific sunsets, Glaciers, Alaskan Beer, Fresh crab taken and cooked in front...
Read MoreWhat vs Why: The Startup Version
Successful start-up leaders begin by investing a substantial amount of time and energy into why–not what. The what question, over a certain profitable period of time, tends to cultivate bloated egos, nourish greedy arrogance and decimate clear, passionate vision. The why question, on the other hand, continuously feeds and focuses us on a deeper passion–something bigger than our own...
Read MorePorn, Pancakes And Indianapolis
Addictions are characterized by teeth. Row after row after row of sharp, broken, asperous teeth. Addictions are completely consuming. Addictions drive us to obsession. Addictions, once allowed even the slightest grasp, hastily open wide their voracious jaws and begin digging–ferociously drilling–into the hearts, souls and minds of their prey. Pornography, like any harmful...
Read MoreMalcolm Gladwell On Work
A Year Is Composed Of 31,556,926 Seconds Being intentional matters. A Few Crucial Points From Malcolm When work is truly satisfying it meets 3 key criteria: Work must be Autonomous: You must be responsible for your own decisions and direction. Work must be Complex: It must engage your mind and your imagination Work must display an intrinsic Connection between Effort and Reward: The more...
Read MoreFree Fuel For (real) Life
We must come to a greater understanding of what actually fuels us. This is not simply a matter of minuscule contemplation. This is a matter of life versus death, of freedom versus imprisonment, of satisfaction versus emptiness, of energetic engagement versus lackluster, apathetic, life-long drudgery. This is the bridge between being lukewarm and burning fiery hot. This is the difference...
Read MoreLeadership & Group Comfort
One of the many challenges for groups lies in addressing and overcoming the tendancy to develop a certain level of comfort within the framework of who they inherently are. The obstacle, therefore, is in balancing the group. In order to genuinely grow, qualitatively and quantitatively, the group has to push beyond it’s inherent walls of comfort yet still maintain it’s strong and...
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