Success
I read a really interesting article in Inc. magazine this week on business in Norway. The gist of it is that Norway — land of Vikings, fjords, and ridiculously high taxes — is beating America at it’s own game. Norway has more entrepreneurs per capita than the US, and their economy grew nearly 3% during [...]
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After finishing the fall season 10-0, we were crowned the champs of the Pleasanton Sunday Men’s softball league. We played a lot of tight ballgames, but always found a way to pull it out in the end. Because of a couple rainouts and the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the playoffs ended up getting canceled, but they [...]
This was a big deal for me. Afterwards I told Bryn it ranked up there with summit-ing Mt. Rainier, earning valedictorian, and quitting my job in terms of accomplishments I’m proud of. Here’s the story. On Monday we babysat our neighbors, Isabel (6 years), Zoe (4 years), and Gianna (20 months). We’ve watched the older [...]
This is the story of my recent up, down, up, and up adventure with Hotwire.com. Since my half marathon race started at like 5:40 in the morning, we thought it would be a good idea to stay in the city the night before. I found the area close to the starting line and booked a [...]
I ran my 2nd half marathon this past Sunday. Same course as last year, on a mission to finish in under than 2 hrs. Mission accomplished! Started out strong, but hit a wall around mile 5 that pretty much lasted until the finish. It was tough. Was averaging close to 8:15 miles before that, and [...]
Frank Luntz, the “Nostradamus of pollsters,” is keynoting next month’s Affiliate Summit in New York, so I thought I’d grab his books to see what he’s all about. The first one, Words That Work, just came in from the library so that will be up next. His most recent work, What Americans Really Want…Really offers [...]
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