Let’s get one thing straight: I hate the word “hustle” and everything it has come to stand for. You’re an entrepreneur? Good for you. Now give up everything else in your life and dedicate it to your business. Personal life? Who has time for that? Health? You’ll sleep when you’re dead. Anything that’s not directly […]
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Continuing Education (or: always be learning)
Two points, one post: 1. As a former teacher, I lament the loss of school systems that actually teach children how to think; with the advent of No Child Left Behind and a strict adherence to the SOLs (Standards of Learning), we are slowly building generations of young people who have learned how to memorize […]
Giving Thanks (and why it matters most when things look the worst)
I have the feeling that if you’re carefully examining the title of this post, you may get the impression that I jumped the gun on posting it – that I meant to save it for later in the month, around the Thanksgiving holiday. Well, maybe you’re right, but wait until you have finished reading to […]
Ripples (or: throwing rocks in life’s pond)
There is a software developer in town who has become somewhat of a mentor to me over the past year and a half. He encouraged me to step outside my then-current worldview, and was one of the first to encourage me to start my own business. I had been hiding behind finishing school as a […]