At spa Event Fall 2011, I shared a presentation on using social media channels and tools to create freedom in your life. This is part of how I began the presentation. This year I have concentrate on one word in my life. Freedom. I’ve learned a lot about freedom, myself and my business by simply […]
My best posts (you may have missed). [UPDATE]
Scroll down to see an addition from this week. It occurred to me yesterday that a few of my best posts you may have never read. Yesterday, I had the pleasure to be featured as a guest writer for the Animoto blog. First, if you don’t know about Animoto, you need to go now and […]
What I learned last year in life, business, creativity.
Sunday I turned 38. I’ve come to realize that there is no other way to see it. I’m closer to 40 than any other number (than 39 which is basically 40). I’m okay with that. In fact, I’m great with 40. I’m excited about what the next 5, 10, 20 years of my life is going […]
Success: Climb the ladder, but check the view
I reviewed Jim Axelrod’s book In the Long Run on Saturday. I wasn’t expecting much out of the book, but I came away with three points that really impacted me. The value of a father. Success isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. A don’t quit attitude can take you a long way. Check […]
Let’s go to the “golden age”
Sunday night was “date night” for Kia and I. We had a great time hanging out, including getting ice cream, window shopping and seeing the newest Woody Allen movie, Midnight in Paris. Midnight in Paris The the movie follows the protagonist, Gil (a screenplay writer from Hollywood), as he travels to Paris with his fiance. […]
Word of the Year update – Happy Independence Day!
Word of the Year background It’s been about a little over a month since I’ve posted about my word this year – Freedom. In case you haven’t been following that long here are several posts you can check out to see what I’m talking about. The Beginning Nike Commercial Open Space March Update. It’s the […]
4 obstacles in the way of living your story
Story is living intentionally. I’ve spent a lot of my last few posts on the concept of intentionally living your story. I was challenged at the recent Storyline conference I attended in Portland, Oregon with Kia. If you’ve missed it, here are a few of the posts I’ve made about the conference and trip: Why […]
You need hope? Be a Quitter.
Throughout the last 5-6 years of meeting photographers on a regular basis, whether it be in trade shows or conferences, on the phone, via email or a forum; I’ve found a significant shift. I’ve seen the average photographer go from a person who is full-time in the business and makes a majority of their household income […]
Book Review – The 100 Thing Challenge
Could you reduce your life down to 100 possessions or less? Would you be able to narrow down your clothes, computers, phones, cameras, cars, hobby materials, and everything else to 100 things? It’s an interesting question, and one put to the test by Dave Bruno who wrote about his experience in The 100 Thing Challenge: […]
Open Space
I read this passage in the bible the other night. It was in Genesis, and Isaac (Abraham’s son, now grown up) was traveling through a certain area, and he kept finding wells only to have those around him claim them as their own. Finally he finds one that no one else claims. I guess it […]
