May 21, 2013 | Creative
There are a lot of articles out there warning you not to use pretentious language in your writing, wagging a finger at the use of “big words to sound smart”. While there’s validity in avoiding talking like an asshat, this argument assumes that people...May 1, 2013 | Creative
Content is king. Write epic shit. If you’ve done any reading about blogging and writing stronger content you’ve probably heard either of these, but what do they mean? They’re often repeated, but most bloggers echoing this sentiment don’t really...Mar 11, 2013 | Creative
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” We’ve all probably heard this quote, most frequently attributed to Albert Einstein. It’s one of those nuggets that gets repeated so often that...Nov 13, 2012 | Creative
In a recent discussion and reading of a great blog post on fear, there were some concepts I wanted to explore further here. As an aside, I discovered his blog a ways back randomly Google-ing myself (since we share the same name), and have since had the opportunity to...Nov 8, 2012 | Creative
Too often we don’t take action because we’re waiting for the go-ahead, the command to take action, or the permission to share an opinion. Have you ever left a meeting frustrated that no one asked your opinion or invited you to speak? You had all these good...Oct 4, 2012 | Creative
For the first time in quite awhile I was bouncing around town with a Walkman, knocking the dust off my old Klipsch in-ear monitors. As I walked to Wendy’s it felt like a soundtrack to my life, like this was the song of my journey and each step was accentuated by...