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Ralph Waldo Emerson was not a big proponent of travel. He once wrote that people “…run away to other countries because they are not good in their own…” With all …

I’m getting too old for this! The truth about retirement and how I stopped working for others to get financial independence and started…

I hear it often repeated that you can always make more money but time is the currency that you can never get back.  It only flows one way and that …

This last weekend was memorial day weekend (shout out to those no longer with us and also to my father and all other vets who have served). It was also …

“Just follow your passion” is bad advice for designing a life. Get help with the things that many get stuck on, unlock life design through design thinking

My Origin Story and 10 questions answered for Mr 1500

I am a big advocate for fighting for your dreams and making your goals come true while you have the life to do so. But, this title is not metaphorical. …

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We’ve all heard the stories of billion dollar unicorns created by college kids and the overnight millionaire employees that work there.  If you work at a startup you get to …

We all have aspirational experiences and dreams of what we would do if only X.  In the past, this X for me had a lot to do with wanting to …