Something Different, Something Real

Recently I was tagged by Tristan at the Synergy Institute to “think different.” I thought this topic was very timely, since I recently revealed how I was thinking differently myself by going against the stereotype of the typical techy guy and trying to be a creative writer.
In the Johnny Cash movie “Walk the Line,” […]

Courage in Setting Life Goals

When I was heading towards graduation and began looking for job interviews, I got a great book called Zen and the Art of Making a Living by Laurence Boldt. It was an intimidatingly huge book (over 600 pages!), but it was chock full of good advice and was one of the best books I […]

Life Advice from Steve Jobs

This YouTube video is the 2005 Stanford graduation commencement speech given by Steve Jobs.
It was a great speech, with the theme being that every end is the start of a new beginning. Also as expected, he also had the theme about being passionate about what you do.

Update: A link to the text […]

Rudyard Kipling - If

Although this poem is over 100 years old, I only discovered it this week. I thought it was such a great poem.

——— ” IF ” ———
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make […]

How Maya Angelou Saved My Life

[ The original title of this post was Morning Coffee for the Soul. ]
I sincerely believe Maya Angelou saved my life.
When I was in college, I had a class one semester that was way out on the other side of campus and it was also by far the earliest class that I ever had. […]