If you’re not familiar with My Three Words yet, please read this page for more context. It’s that time of the year again! This year, I have some pretty big things happening. I’m expecting my first child. I’m starting a new business. …is that not enough? Are you not entertained? I’m sure plenty of other […]
Reviewing My Three Words 2019
We’re almost at the end of 2019! Before I release my three words for 2020, I’d like to look back and my three words for this year. My three words for 2019 were leader, helpful, self-care. As these are not goals or resolutions, I only really have my subjective opinion on how well I lived […]
Another Trip Around the Sun
I love the end of the year. Everyone is mentally checked out. The offices are half-empty. I love the quiet. During this peaceful end of the year, I try to take the last two weeks in December to reflect upon this most recent trip around the sun and spend some time thinking about the upcoming […]
Mountains
So as not to ‘bury the lede’ I’m starting a new company. If you want to skip the backstory and jump to that part of the post, go here. At times, the top seems so very far away. I’d been working in the Social Media industry for the last 11 years of my life. I […]
The Consumer Revolution
Go to your Promotions tab inside Gmail. If you’re not a Gmail user, just stop by your email and see how many newsletters you’ve gotten in the last few days. Now… How many of those did you deliberately subscribe to? How many have you opened recently? Now open Facebook, or Twitter. Who or what do […]
The Three Lenses
I originally published this post on August 2014. I made some small changes and I am republishing it. Life is a true potpourri of experiences. There are moments of breathtaking beauty. There are moments of profound sadness. We see unimaginable wickedness.We see acts of selfless courage.The human experience presents a vast array of differences across […]
Tech Theft
By now you’ve probably heard the story… Snapchat created the stories format, a vertical photo and video platform designed for content to expire and disappear in 24 hours. Then, Facebook-owned Instagram wholesale stole the idea. Years later, Instagram is the dominant story platform and anti-competitive practices win again. I want to advocate that Snapchat return […]
Competition
I’m fascinated with competition because I’ve simultaneously seen it bring out the best and the worst in people, including myself. Win…even if it costs you Back in the early 90s, my friend Adam had a Sega Genesis. I did not have a Sega Genesis. When we would get together, we would play game after game […]
Need
Not “need” as in: food, water, and shelter. Need, as in: what do you really need in your life? One of the easiest ways to answer this is to move. As you’re bubble wrapping your shot glasses from Charleston, cleaning out the back of your fridge and packing boxes full of miscellaneous little knickknacks, you’ll […]
