(this will be a multipart post, as I like to keep them short, quick reads) Happiness… you know it, when you feel it. Is it hard to define, a multifaceted jewel that changes from every angle? Or can you put it in just two boxes? Happiness in the moment: Your team just won the World…
Category: Work, Writing. Reading, Watching
Stories from my prior life in the corporate world and now as a writer
July 19th: The AirPods Incident… a true story that happened this morning
I swore I wouldn’t. My days in Finance were over. But my former company had an issue. They lost some critical filings with a server crash. Being that I only own Macs, I needed to go into a local facility of my former company, borrow a PC and begin recreating the lost work. It would…
July 17th: When you give… a different way
A month or so ago, my LinkedIn feed was brimming with articles, videos, pictures and comments about various charitable events. People doing good things. Publicized. People talking about how great it made them feel. Giving back, doing good works. Reminded me of the professional athletes out there, giving money to charity for every home run…
June 19th: Pressure makes diamonds… and other dead things
I keep seeing joyful odes on the wonders of pressure in my LinkedIn feed. “Pressure can burst a pipe or make a diamond”. I say, let the pressure fuel your efforts. Let it put a flame to the spark within you so as to ignite your ambition to overcome any situation, be it big or…
June 13th: Giving takes skill…
“It takes more skill to successfully give something away than to sell it” Agree? Think about selling: Excluding one time profiteering where the buyer is victimized (want to buy the Brooklyn Bridge?), it should be win/win for both the buyer and seller where price becomes the vehicle for determining success. Now think about giving something…
June 8th: Have you ever been completely over your head?
Have you ever been completely over your head? When I was a high school basketball player, I closely followed the career of David Thompson. He was arguably the best college basketball player of his era. An inspiration to an elementary school kid named Michael Jordan. He was Michael Jordan before Jordan became Jordan. Thompson’s nickname…
June 5th … Silver Salutes & Broken Arrows
So many stupid things I did as a kid, it’s a wonder nothing really bad happened. One combined arrows and powerful firecrackers (Silver Salutes). Digging thru my basement with a couple of friends we came across a fairly powerful bow and several broken, wood shaft arrows. We decided to duct tape firecrackers onto the ends…
May 31st: 13 Reasons Why
13 Reasons Why I was completely engaged last year when 13 Reasons Why rolled out on Netflix. I found it powerful, well written, with excellent acting. There was a lot of controversy from people claiming it was irresponsible, glamorized suicide and could trigger copycats. I could not relate to any of the criticism. I saw…
May 30th: When writers know not
Fake News This appeared in Thrillist Travel under: AMERICA’S BEST SMALL CITIES TO MOVE TO BEFORE THEY GET TOO POPULAR Burlington, Iowa Scenic downtown hills and an artistic bent make for a tiny, corn-fed San Francisco Population: 25,000 How can you pass up a town with a street called Snake Alley? It might be beyond…
May 28th: Memorial Day Memory
It was just another day in South Carolina Years ago, my wife was dropping off the kids at parochial school in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The teacher opened the car door, “We missed y’all yesterday!” My wife quizzically answered, “But yesterday was Memorial Day?” “Oh, that is a Yankee holiday, we had school of course.” I…