“If someone ever asks you what you’ll be doing at some given time tell them, instead, where you’ll be. The details of what you’ll be doing are unimportant, and unknown. The importance of what you’ll be doing is implied. You’re living your life to its fullest. Namely, you’re observing nature, […]
Tag: Fear
God Fearing
It is one thing to tell a story. It is another thing for anyone to listen to your story. Telling true stories is when you hold up a mirror to your audience. How then do we discover truth? How are discoveries made?; the same way Columbus made them; with experimentation, […]
Believe in the Experiment
A baby was born out of wedlock in the Caribbean. To the child everything was interesting. The child became a restless young adult. The young man, in his early teens, was the type of employee business people dream of; always figuring out ways to make things operate more smoothly; never […]
Your Age Of Anxiety
It was 2006 and I saw a way out of college by Christmas. In hindsight, a lot was happening. I’d never spent the time to think about 9-11, and the war, and it was starting to catch up with me. It may have been anxiety rather than guilt. I was […]
Giving + Rejection = Breakthrough
Bingo. I had a business idea. So, I pitched it to someone. I just wanted a yes. They said no. It hurt (ok) and I balked (not ok). I was caught off guard by the sting of rejection. We all know how rejection feels—like a piece of us is ripped […]
How To Be Fearless
Business writer James Altucher said something I had to listen to. He said anger doesn’t exist. He said it’s a fake emotion; just fear in disguise. It was 2015 and I was in-between careers. I didn’t know it at the time but I was afraid. I didn’t know what would […]