apologize

Let’s face it. We as humans suck at apologizing. That is, when we actually do apologize, which probably isn’t as often as it should be. There is a stigma attached to it. It means that you are wrong. And you are NEVER wrong…right? Because if you are wrong it means that you are not perfect. And if you are not perfect it means that you Read More

time-machine

What if you could do it all over again? Relive your past but this time as the person you are right now? Take everything you have learned over the years and apply it. Fix the mistakes. Right the wrongs. And make better choices this time. It would be the ultimate do-over. Would you do it? Read More

stuck

I have to be honest with you. I'm stuck. For the past two weeks I have been struggling. Staring at a blank screen for hours. Banging my head against the preverbial wall. Writing the same sentence over and over again with nothing more than a slight change in the order of words. And with little more to show for it than a few pages of incoherent Read More

opinion

I don't care what you like. And I care what you don't like. I'm not going to buy something just because you gave it 5 stars. And you are not going to stop me from buying something because you only gave it 1 star. Your opinion has lost all credibility. Its value has been completely diminished. It means nothing. But it's not your fault. It's their Read More

sell-crappy-product

It seems that every other post on Twitter and Facebook is a sales pitch from someone trying to sell a crappy product that teaches you how to sell a crappy product about how to sell a crappy product. Now, if you are anything like me, you wish there were more of these. After all, it's what this world needs, right? More crappy products. Well, wish Read More

lucky

When I was about 7 or 8 years old, I broke a handheld mirror. There was nothing special about it. It was just a crummy old mirror. And it was just an accident. But that didn't matter. Nowhere in the rule book does it exempt accidents. And so, just as the superstition goes, the next 7 years of my life were to be riddled with bad luck. That was the Read More

i-want-it-all

I want to be huge. An authority. I want 100,000 or more readers subscribing to my blog. A book on the New York Times Bestseller list. A sold out audience. I want to be able to tweet what I had for lunch and have thousands of people retweet it or ask me how it was. I want to make a difference. I want to help change your life. And in doing so, I Read More

immortal

You're going to die. Not now. But eventually. You'll be remembered by your children. Your grandchildren. And if you're lucky, maybe even your great-grandchildren. Beyond that generation, you will end up like most of us wandering the Earth. Completely forgotten. As if you were never even here. All of that effort you put in at school. The years Read More

why-are-you-so-mean

Maybe it's because I said something you didn't want to hear. Or wrote something you didn't want to read. Maybe it's because my beliefs are different than yours. Or I have opposing values. Maybe it's as simple as how I look. Or the way I talk. Or maybe it's not me. Maybe you misinterpreted what I said. Or read it differently than what I meant. Read More

ask-get

I think the Rolling Stones got it wrong. You can always get what you want. There's no reason why you can't. None that I can think of anyway. All you really have to do is ask. I know that sounds simple. It is. Kind of. Whatever it is that you want. A new career. A relationship. Some new toy. Money. It doesn't really matter what. There is Read More