This year.
Let’s all make this year special. 1% better every day.
Compound that growth.
 

I asked my mom recently:
Of all the worries you had about your children, how many of them came true?
She replied: Very few.
But yet she worried about all the potential things that could go wrong making herself miserable and sad.
 

“Focus is about saying no.”
-Steve Jobs
In a world filled with distractions and hundreds of open tabs that you will “get to later”-
saying no allows you to stay laser-focused.
Easier said than done. Especially when you have to say no to people.
 

My daughter has gotten “hit on” twice
while driving on the freeway in the last few weeks.
Seriously.
How successful is this approach?
Boys, do better. Don’t be a fucking idiot and get someone hurt.
 

“Some people like what you do,
some people hate what you do, but most people don’t give a damn.” -Charles Bukowski
Focus on those who give a damn. They’re easy to spot.
 

When Big Boys Cry- A Story of Art and Tears A year ago, I stumbled across Naval’s teachings.  He made me realize that I had a stack of skills that I had developed in the last 30 years of my life that I was undervaluing. Naval essentially gave me permission to create and build my intellectual property library. Teevee IP- I like the sound of that. In the year since then, I’ve written...

Parents are the first influencers…
that children have in their lives. We are their first heroes. They believe and follow our every action, thought, and belief.
Then what happens?
 

“If you want connection-
communicate
If you want to disappoint- make them guess.” @millennial.therapist
What if we actually expressed and communicated? Nah, they should be able to read our minds, right?
 

PSA Don’t eat the last cookie.

A lot of people think I’m wise and smart. I’m not. I’m just a survivor.
Follow me for more relationship advice.
 

I reached the tipping point.
The marriage wasn’t working. On Xmas Eve 2006, I called it.
I looked around, saw the gifts, and felt numb.
But it also felt right and that would be the beginning of the rest of my life.
 

“People can swallow the pill
because it’s on a shirt” @virgilabloh
RIP to the great artist, designer, DJ, stylist….
 

“There is nothing to writing.
All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” Ernest Hemingway
And bleed I do- as often as I can.