Entries categorized 'Life'

I have had a couple tough interviews…

For the record, he is referring to to a gun.

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In Seth Godin’s Tribes, one particular section really struck a cord with me and I have been thinking about it just about every day for a couple of weeks now.

Continue reading "The Obligation"

Sometimes, you just have to go with the numbers.

I was recently booking a flight from Philadelphia to Dallas. On the main booking screen USAirways is nice enough to show you the On-Time estimate for each stage of the flight.

Continue reading "The Numbers Don't Lie"

It is hard to believe that today marks my five year anniversary at Telligent. Next to my wife, this is by far my longest relationship that I was not born into.

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What a spectacular quote,

But I am still not satisfied; every day I reach higher, trying to grasp the level of awesomeness that I can feel but can't recreate.

How often do you say to yourself, I would start X or build Y if I only had the time.

It’s amazing the amount you can accomplish when you find an extra 3,285 hours to work on something you enjoy doing rather than vegging in front of the TV. Those hours helped us create a small network of websites and blogs which allowed both of us to quit our jobs and work on them full time a couple of years ago.

Full Article: How Dumping TV Allowed Me to Quit My Job, Create an Online Business and Fund My Retirement Account

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Really don’t know what else to say, except make watch this video.

Continue reading "If I Fall, I Fall"

Seriously? I can pay you $29 instead of using a credit card?

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My flights to and from Austin were relatively under booked and Continental upgraded me to first class in both directions. This has only happened a couple of times to me, but every time it happens I am amazed at how much much it improves the experience, even with long runway delays which is very typical when flying out of Newark.

Continue reading "How To Make Flying Not Suck"

Whether you love or hate Microsoft, it is hard to not be impressed with what Bill Gates was able to build in the 25 years or so he spent building the Microsoft. However, my respect for what he has done at Microsoft is very small compared to my respect for what he is now doing with his life via his foundation.

Continue reading "Bill Gates TED 2009"