Hi, it’s been awhile…
Hi Friends, It’s been awhile since last I updated the blog. The reason? Stress. I’m buried under tremendous work from all angles. It’s the trials and tribulations of a small business that is growing quickly. I’ve come to realize a few things… Here’s my personal stance in life, for this generation, for the world we […]
Kickboxing and the paunchy kid
I’m kickboxing in the mornings and I’m damaged goods. My knuckles are bruised, my thighs are sore, and my knees are skinned. In theory, I’ll start losing my paunch. And I’m the paunchy kid. Kicking/Punching a bag is not as therapeutic as I was led to believe. I don’t channel my stress into the bag; […]
Pride with Extreme Prejudice
I think there’s too much pride, but not enough to be proud of, in a majority of our daily lives. Pride should be a rare commodity. Being proud should be a spiritual goal. I want to make that word and the emotion one feels from having it to have meaning. To be clear: I’m not […]
Your business card is crap!
I have just been turned on by the magical character that is Joel Bauer. His business card is dice-cut, embossed, has a pop-up in it, and foil-wrapped. It’s a square so you can’t fit it in your pocket, but it looks like a GREAT coaster (super-thick card stock, so I’m assuming great absorption…) Personally, I […]
Thoughts of the week
THOUGHTS OF THE WEEK #1 – Managing means you run on action-man juice. Making sure that people are optimally assigned roles, that vendors relations are 100% ideal, and that the planning is being done correctly, is and always will be more work than anyone can ever do. It’s very easy to see yourself work 12-15 […]
When a team becomes a team
I really love it when a team finally becomes “alive”. Anyone who has played on a sport or ever worked on a major project (theater, music events, etc) knows what I’m talking about. There’s that tipping point where a group of people who work together realize that they’re relying on each others’ strengths/weaknesses, and start […]
Humans are “beings”; not Human “beens”, or Human “will be’s”
Lives are verbs. Humans are being, like rivers are being, like anything that moves and grows and suffers the spectrum of life are beings We live too often thinking that a milestone, or a collection of milestones, will build us into a monolith of adulthood. As if all wisdom, knowledge, and experience can be encompassed […]
What I do on my time off
Julie and I flew out to chicago to meet vendors and plan out more parts of our wedding. We saw bakers, photographers, caters, a florist and met with our musician. It was pretty jammed-pack day because I was still fielding calls from work, responding to emails, and in general pseudo-working. This is the worst thing […]
Mistakes were made
Mistakes are made daily in a company. Everyone knows mistakes are going to be made. We tell each other this, we tell ourselves the same, and so you’d think we’d all be ready as all get-out when a mistake is made. But it never happens that way, right? Mistakes get made, and we […]
No need to fear…..
It’s really hard. Working in a start-up, fear is your ally. it’s your go-to drug after coffee. It’s the benchmark for all adrenaline surges. But after a while, crises and problems melt into the background noise of the day-to-day. And you look up one day and realize that the problems are nothing to be afraid […]