I knew I would want to blog about this absolutely immediately. I just knew it. It’s a Thursday night, and I’m enjoying a livestream of TEDxVirginiaTech with a mug of hot chocolate. (I almost never blog about things immediately – I let my ideas marinate. Not this time. That’s how serious this is). If you’re not familiar …
Category: Inspirational
A reputation.
Question time. How important is your reputation to you, on a scale of 1 to 10? Think about the answer – and, obviously, keep it to yourself for now. Consider that as you read these thoughts on a reputation. You only get 1 opportunity to make a first impression. And your first impression can become pretty closely …
Life-changing: Firefly 2015.
[pullquote]”And in this particular case of crowd surfing, it also would not have been possible if not for the AMAZING strangers in the rows in front of us, willing to throw their bodies into support into allowing a man to cross something that had been on his bucket list, and thought may never come off …
WMATA + Caring.
This post is a long-form post that is a story about two people I met last night, “Ms. David” and “Michael,” and both are employees of WMATA, DC’s mass transit system. While it is long, if you do happen to read the entire post, you will find stories of customer service, community service, and … …
Learning happiness from … your dog?
One of my favorite daily uplift sort of websites is one named “Happier.” Happier was first introduced to me from a former co-worker in D.C., back when I was interning in the city. We became friends on Facebook and based on the things I pushed out there, she thought that this particular app would be …
Home, revisited.
Last fall, I made a post about the struggle I had been experiencing with defining a “home” for myself. I spent much of 2014 moving around. The previous many, many years I had lived in just one place – the longest time I had ever lived in one place – and preparing to leave physically …
Signing Santa.
If this doesn’t put you in the Christmas spirit, or at least bring a smile to your face, then I don’t know what will.
Officially: 2 weeks.
It’s officially since I’ve started my new big boy job. This is one of the mantra’s I’ve tried to tirelessly practice that was just perfectly illustrated. I hold this true when it comes to conference (or meeting marathons, as I like to them) season, too. It goes a very, VERY long way in terms of confidence. …