Bottled Up

You can’t be moved by a presentation a week after as passionately as you could be moved the evening of. Inspiration can’t be bottled and saved up for later. Motivation is also addictive for this reason. We love the feeling of creative potential, of assertive ambition, of being fueled with passion, but the moment the creative […]

Questions & Concerns About Me & My Blog

I’ve gotten questions, concerns, and stories from plenty throughout the last three and a half years I’ve been blogging. Scroll through this post and pick out what may apply to you. Enjoy. (Q) Your writing is sometimes confusing. Yea, it is. Oddly enough, there are times that I write something that’s even a bit confusing […]

Small Talk

It’s awkward for everyone…at first. The folk you think it comes naturally for have simply made more rounds than you. A good PR friend of mine stops at every person’s desk in the morning before he gets to work at his. It didn’t come easy for him to begin with. It was awkward, there wasn’t much […]

8 Habits That Make Successful People Remarkable

8 Habits That Make Successful People Remarkable

1) No plan B: They choose not to have an alternative, a backup, a second choice. When the only way is forward, what choice do you have? 2) They don’t just wake up early. They wake up early and get shit done: That might be time to meditate and reflect or set up the game […]

Work Values

These are some of my most important work values. I require them. I won’t break them for anyone. These are ideas, thoughts, ways of living that I’ll stand by until my dying day. Challenge fear – I surround myself with people who do the things the little voice inside their heads (that lizard brain) tries […]

Competition, So What

I’ve been in the financial aid world for a few years now. Even when I started my undergrad, I had a knack for figuring out everything it took to go through college debt free. What I learned from studying scholarships and grants can easily be applied to public relation strategies and web based tests, applications, […]