Last week I flew to Austin, Texas, for my fourth SXSW Festival. If you’ve never been to South-By before, it’s described on their website as “The South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference & Festivals celebrate the convergence of the interactive, film, and music industries.” All things …
simplicity and the magic of experience
During my 10-day silent meditation course last month, the course instructor beat into our heads where true understanding comes from. The course was structured in such a way that we were intensely practicing the meditation technique for up to 11 hours per day. And every evening, there was …
those that do, can’t teach (themselves)
You’ve probably heard the (absolutely wrong, insulting, offensive!) adage, “Those that can’t do, teach.” As the product of teachers, the brother to teachers, cousin to teachers, and finding myself “teaching” a lot myself now with Lynda/Linkedin Learning and my work, I generally disagree with this. …
attitude, unnecessary risk, and 8th grade football
I’ve written before about my varsity football record being 5-25 over three years. BUT, we were actually pretty good and mostly undefeated from grades 7-9. What I’m trying to say is, we had some dominating 14-year-old athletes. One of those athletes was our backup quarterback. …
my greatest enemy
I’m a very headstrong dude. When I put my mind to something…it’s going to happen. That’s probably one of my greatest strengths! And if you’ve been reading this for a while, you’ve read a couple pieces I’ve written about mindset and some of the mental …
planning for the “happy path”
In product development, you often build a solution with a specific process and set of steps in mind. The user does X, Y, and Z, and that leads to outcome A. When that process is followed as expected and nothing goes wrong, it’s called the …
my gym closed, and I’m upset about it
I had a really sweet deal. By random chance, the gym I worked at while I was in college was across the street from my current apartment. When I moved in, I weaseled my way into a free membership, which I’ve enjoyed for the past …
what’s important to you right now?
If you ever need to know the honest truth, you need to look no further than what you’re making time for in your calendar.
awesome media from January 2018
Due to my December/holiday writing break, I haven’t shared the general link fest for a couple months. As a result, this is a heavy one! One trend I’m noticing is that I’m finding more and more value in stories from the New York Times. I …
the magic of priming
One winter quarter my freshman year of college, I took a 7am session of Psychology 101 across campus. I distinctly remember the trudge across campus in the snow and wind, wondering why I took such an early morning class during the winter. But I loved …
