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The True Story of Felix Carvajal
Andarin “Felix” Carvajal was a postman who grew up poor in Cuba during the late 1800s. He didn’t have much, but he had a dream; a dream to represent Cuba in the Olympics as a marathon runner. When it...
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Shhhh, I’m Working Towards a Goal
Maybe I’ve had it all wrong. For the longest time I’ve held the belief that if you tell the world your goals, you will be scared of letting those people down and thus more inclined to follow through...
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27 Things I Know at 27 That I Pray I Remember at 47
Four years ago I wrote a post entitled “23 things I know at 23 that I Pray I Remember at 43,” today I turn 27, and in the last 4 years my life has changed more than I ever could have imagined, so it...
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To Be Trusted, You Must First Trust
This week I had the privilege of going to see Guy Kawasaki speak. His presentation was on his book Enchantment, and he talked about the 10 key aspects of being enchanting to people. Overall the speech...
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Stimulating Senses
This weekend I did something I hadn’t done in a long time. I made something. I created something from nothing and followed an idea all the way through to fruition. And while I could go on and on about...
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Reciprocating Excitement
There is a natural draw that we have towards people who show interest and enthusiasm in us. We want to be pushed, we want to be encouraged, and we want to impress others. It’s natural to desire this...
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What Happened To Generalists?
One of my best friends recently called me to tell me he accepted an incredible job. The company found him on LinkedIn, flew him across the country to their headquarters, had a car and driver for him,...
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The Camel Story / Embrace Being New
There is a story from the Middle East about three brothers whose father passed away. In his will he left them his all of his camels to be split in the following way, the oldest son would get half of...
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Flawed
What started out as a personal (pseudo lent related) challenge, became a point of pride; two blog posts a week. I was doing great, but quality content creation not easy, so after a solid six plus...
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Broadcasting Failure
I recently read an article in the Harvard Business Review entitled Why I Hire People Who Fail. Not to spoil it, as I recommend everyone read the article, but the premise is quite simple, “mistakes are...
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