Although I do not suppose that either of us knows anything really beautiful and good, I am better off than he is, for he knows nothing, and thinks that he knows; I neither know nor think that I know. Socrates My father was a very successful CEO in his day, and while he will never [...]
After pinging the InterMatch.com guys a couple times to figure out what was going on in the “Shadow Dave McClure” competition (I am trying to plan the rest of my summer…), I finally heard back with less than stellar news: I was not selected to be Dave’s shadow. I received the news last night while [...]
One of the many lessons my father has taught me is that opportunity is merely the intersection of preparedness and luck. Preparedness is many things. It can be putting yourself in a new situations, going new places, and meeting new people. It could be having expert knowledge in a domain. Maybe it is something as [...]
My father sent me an e-mail earlier today that said, As I was thinking of you, it occurred to me that I wanted to tell you: It is much harder to run with a full bucket than an empty one…… I had absolutely no idea what he meant, so I asked him to elaborate. Here is [...]
It’s strange, but some of the best life advice I have ever received came from none other than Matthew McConaughey. Wait, what? Yep. And it was in a fitness magazine, too. And it wasn’t even an article about his life philosophy. It was an article about his workout routine. I don’t think he even realized [...]