The brief hiatus I took from life at the end of last week (and a very abrupt break from e-mail) resulted in me having over 50 need-to-be-replied-to messages in my inbox come Sunday evening. But, now it is Monday morning and I am grateful for yet another Monday morning where I can say I have …
Category: Life
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. -Calvin Coolidge The 30th President of the United …
NEW BUSINESS CARDS GOT HERE IN TIME!
I ordered some new business cards ahead of the Kairos Global Summit this weekend on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Late last week I realized I only had about ten left – so I had to head over to my trusty business card provider, www.moo.com, and started to dig for some codes …
Really impressed.
I’m always really impressed by people who keep in touch the way I keep in touch. I’m always really impressed, also, by people who take the same to say thank you, even when a thank you isn’t expected. As always, this post will also center around a pretty prominent theme in my life: what goes …
The All-Terrain Wheelchair.
I apologize for the rushed nature of this blog post but I’ve got some packing to do and some sleep to get to! A few months back I was watching this TED talk by Amos Winter, titled “The cheap all-terrain wheelchair.” Winter and his team at MIT built something called the Leveraged Freedom Chair. His …
Eileen’s Bakery
Last week, one of my best friends in the world paid a visit to Fredericksburg. She used to live in Fredericksburg when I did, and we went to high school together, but she ended up moving to Charlotte, North Carolina after that. Both business and leisure have taken me to Charlotte quite a few times …
Giving back.
On Tuesday I had a fantastic opportunity to give back in a way that I never really anticipated. A teacher from my high school Facebook messaged me back in August, and asked me if I would ever be available to chat with the group that she advises – the National Honor Society. So, I am …
Let’s look at the world a little differently.
Tonight, I want to share 3 feel good moments with you. The first is a video. The second is a photo. The third is a story. 1. I discovered this video on a friend’s Facebook wall and not only loved the music behind it (Give a Little Bit by Roger Hodgson, the voice of a band …