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How to Finally Discover Your Tribe
I was speaking with my friend the other day about tribes. Not the East African kind, but the sort we all belong to every day. We have tribes for sports, cheering on our teams while hating and vilifying the other team. We have friendship circles that act as tribes. Our...
How To Not Be Like A Musician
Why Musicians miss out on the greatest opportunity of their lives My wife enjoys watching The Voice on NBC, yet another vocal talent show promising fame, glory, and riches to one lucky winner. My routine is always the same when these types of shows come on. At first I...
Be Bold – How Not To Run Your Marketing
A quick scan for social media gurus in the job postings will tell you all you need to know about the confusion in the world of online marketing. They all mention the position creating "relevant content" in a very meaningful way, as if the words themselves will have...
Why Columbus Is A Celebrated Jerk
Columbus Day has come and gone, and once again I’m reminded of how strange we Americans behave with our holidays. Namely, forgetting the original intent of the day, and doing whatever the hell we want. No holiday is safe from our misuse. We have one day a year off...
Why Columbus Is A Celebrated Jerk
Columbus Day has come and gone, and once again I’m reminded of how strange we Americans behave with our holidays. Namely, forgetting the original intent of the day, and doing whatever the hell we want. No holiday is safe from our misuse. We have one day a year off...
Perils of Shaving
[I wrote this when I was 20... Decided to post it in all it's youthful glory] I hate that I must shave daily. Since my facial hair is a loose confederation of follicles by nature (otherwise known as patchy), which consistently attempt to form a "beard" on my face, I...
31 Books You Should Read
My friend is probably crazy. She's compiling an epic list of books to read, which at this point has grown larger than she could reasonably finish in a lifetime. By her estimates, if she read for two hours every single day, for the rest of her life, she would get about...
What to do when your Cat Headbutts Doorknobs
We have two cats. One is small and cuddly, the other large and demanding of my attention. Many of the mysterious behaviors that plague felines psyches also infects our beasts, but one stands in my mind as unique to our brood. The love hate relationships with the bathroom.
Another Idea for How to Win An Election
First-time candidates and seasoned political veterans all have the same question; how to win an election? There's one problem... political candidate's websites are horrible. They might look nice, including a very fine picture of the candidate and his family in poses...
Maybe You Shouldn’t Promise Things
"At Papa Murphy's... your complete satisfaction is our only goal. Guaranteed." - From the poster on the store's wall. That promise is a tall order, and not something to be taken lightly I think. Unfortunately companies do this all the time, knowing that they will fail...
Maybe You Shouldn't Promise Things
"At Papa Murphy's... your complete satisfaction is our only goal. Guaranteed." - From the poster on the store's wall. That promise is a tall order, and not something to be taken lightly I think. Unfortunately companies do this all the time, knowing that they will fail...
Why Living Like You’re Dying is Bad Advice
I think if I really chose to live my life like every day was my last, I would be a complete jerk. Maybe that says a lot about me, but I have a feeling that everyone would be more or less the same. Think about it, if this is your last day, and nothing follows, then...
Why Living Like You're Dying is Bad Advice
I think if I really chose to live my life like every day was my last, I would be a complete jerk. Maybe that says a lot about me, but I have a feeling that everyone would be more or less the same. Think about it, if this is your last day, and nothing follows, then...
Why You Should Live a Small Life
Too often we try to live our lives in such a grandiose way, dreaming such big dreams. But how many of those big dreams are only in our minds? How often do we satisfy ourselves with the dream and not the realization of the dream? So we dream big, higher than we can...
What If Your Story Feels On Hold?
We've all been there. Those times when everything should be working out but it's just not. Greatness seems right around the corner, only to be delayed by yet another roadblock. What do you do? You wait, and wait, and wait... But waiting is so boring. Most stories deal...
Story, Your Life, and A New Step
Your life is a story unfolding, deal with it. Dismiss the idea all you want but it doesn't change the reality of the fact. You are living a story. Does that sound too far-fetched or abstract? It's not. Imagine your life right now as a movie or book, would you want to...
4 Easy Ways To Know Your Art Is Good Enough
Imagine a little girl making a painting or putting together a macaroni collage. As she happily toils away on the kitchen floor, her Mom comes up behind her and says, "Oh how nice, Dear. You're doing so well!" How do you think that girl knows if her Mom is telling the...
Why Your Soul Is Slowly Dying
My guess is that your life is not what you want it to be. The good news is that there are probably only one or two things you need to change in order to have the best life ever. The bad news: those things will be the hardest in the whole world to change. Which is why...
The One Secret of Successful Artistic Entrepreneurs
Too many artistic entrepreneurs try to get away with boring stories. Of course 30 years ago that was how you found a mass audience, you appealed to the largest group possible. But those were also the days when there were only 4 channels on TV. Today, you can't be...
How to Sell Art Your Way (Why Your Art Should Be Sold)
I've received some flack for being a salesman. They don't mean it in a good way either. If you read anything I write, you would know that the typical "salesman" with his focus on the transaction and just "getting the sale" is the farthest thing from what I advocate....