When the typical American thinks of success, the mind instantly flashes to celebrities: those you see in the movies, on TV shows, hear on the radio, and read about on TMZ.com. Success is defined as being “known” by a lot of people. One guy that, by that measure, has had a lot of success is…
This is part of a new series where I try to give you ideas for little goals that you can accomplish in your day-to-day life. Remember, small goals lead to big achievements, so try something out for a while and see if you can stick with it. And why 237 goals? I don’t know. I…
I got up from the couch and marched into my office. It was 10:00pm on a Friday night. I grabbed my dry-erase marker and immediately began scribbling things down on my whiteboard. I needed to get a lot more done than I was. My wife, still drying her tears, turned off the television. We had…
Those who have a basic understanding of Howard Hughes may wonder about the title. Hughes had a well-documented history of terrible obsessive-compulsive disorder, resulting in locking himself up in a hotel room for months and collecting jars of his own urine. Rest assured: that’s not the behavior I’m referring to in the title. As I…
It’s been said that writers get weird inspiration for stuff to write about at the most inconvenient times. For me, that happened last month on my honeymoon while lying in bed watching TV. We had just caught the tail end of The Aviator (a quality movie!) and saw that the next movie on was The…
