A few months ago, I introduced Atlas to Star Wars; beginning with Episode One: The Phantom Menance, and stopping with The Empire Strikes Back. During the first few fillms, I took notice of the characters that scared him, and determined that Return of the Jedi is a film that can wait until he’s older, given […]
There’s a common phrase that many people know; often related to the difference in people who see the glass as being ‘half-full’ or half-empty’. Perspective counts for an awful lot in life, because nearly everybody goes through the same challenges that life throws their way. All of us will die. All of us get sick. […]
For most of my life, I’ve had a remarkable ability to get the things I want. As I got older, I started to realize that ‘things’ provide very little satisfaction; largely due to my own inability to find satisfaction in acquisition, as well as being deprived of the non-thing things things that I truly want. […]
Early this morning, I had coffee with a fellow entrepreneur, who’s a bit newer to the ‘e-world’ than I am. Coffee talks like this are one of my favorite things, because it’s an amazing opportunity to share stories, encouragement and support with somebody like-minded. My friend is a bit of an anomaly in his leap […]
It doesn’t seem like very long ago that I lived in the heart of multiple major cities. My last ‘downtown’ home was in Portland, OR; perched on the 7th floor of a high-rise apartment building in the heart of the ‘Pearl District’ – which was Portland’s hottest neighborhood at the time. While in Portland, I […]
Earlier this evening, I had a conversation with my Mom and she mentioned attending a seminar which had a math teacher as a speaker. During the presentation, the speaker said something that rattled my Mom: “If Alexa can do it – we shouldn’t be teaching it. I don’t even know what 6X8 is anymore” the […]
In the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, viewers follow the epic life story of a man who was born ‘old’ and gradually grew younger as his life progressed. It’s one of the most beautiful stories, captured beautifully through the art of cinematography. It’s been over a decade since I first saw the film, […]
Ever since I started off to become an entrepreneur, I never quite had a clear idea of the direction my career would take me. Rather than follow one set path or mission, I developed a habit of exploring each opportunity as it came, while learning the skill sets and disciplines required to excel in the […]
There’s a strange thing controlling most of the content you see on a day-to-day basis; something most people have dubbed ‘the algorithm’. 20+ years ago, most content people saw was largely through their television set or heard through their car radio, all of which was curated by people in boardrooms who planned out what ‘prime […]
“Divide and conquer” is a well-known term, which is incredibly applicable when I look at society today. However, I see something concerning happening in today that goes beyond the usual division we have in our country/world. For as long as I remember, most ‘popular’ divides amongst American (I can only speak on this, as it’s […]