The internet made awesome
This post contains a lesson about life, about your job, and about being human. Hang in there with me with through the intro, because whether or not you’re an athlete, this applies to you.
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This summer, over a two-month span of time, I did an Olympic triathlon, a bike century, a half Ironman, and a marathon.
That’s not bragging. Bragging carries the assumption that I did it with a purpose, to prove something … Continue Reading
This past weekend, on Sunday, I participated in a half Ironman triathlon. For those of you unfamiliar with triathlon, that’s a 1.2 mile swim followed by a 56 mile bike ride followed by a half marathon run (13.1 miles).
I spent much of the previous day getting my stuff ready, crossing off checklists, and planning.
I got up at 4:30am.
I drove nearly 3 hours.
I set up, got into my wetsuit, and, at … Continue Reading
One question people ask a lot when trying to start or improve their fledgling businesses — or when they’re generally trying to do anything epic — is, “But… what should I DO?”
Loosely translated, this usually means that they’re more than capable of getting all pumped up and inspired, but then just sort of sit there with that energy, unsure what to do with it. Imagine pulling back one of those matchbox cars so … Continue Reading
School starts today. Not for my son Austin, though.
I’m finishing writing this at 6am. At a little before 8am, the school bus is going to pull up in front of our house, and because we just got around to notifying the district that we’re not doing the school thing this year, the bus driver won’t know and will honk. I’ll be working. Austin will be asleep. The dogs will go nuts, because the … Continue Reading
When my last post went viral, a few things happened.
First, I got a lot of attention. That post has been shared on Facebook over 2000 times so far, and it pretty much blew the roof off of my traffic stats.
Second, it put me into uncharted territory. Normally when you write a post, you’re writing with home field advantage, to people who thought enough of you at one point to subscribe to your … Continue Reading
