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How to Get What You Want

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

Things have been busy lately but the one common job that I’ve always (and will always) have is sales. At some point in my life it was selling cars, selling pizza, selling electronics — but regardless of where I’ve worked, I’ve always had to sell myself to someone.

First of all, get your mind out of [...]

Good (and Bad) Apples

Thursday, January 4th, 2007

Someone once told me (and I’ve now told lots of people) that you’ve got to surround yourself with successful people if you’re going to increase your own chances of success. Notice that I didn’t say that surrounding yourself with successful people will make you a success — only that it may increase your chances. I’m [...]

Guidelines for India?

Wednesday, November 30th, 2005

As most of you know, I was born and raised here in the U.S. I’d like to think that I’ve got a good mix of “East and West” in myself but after reading rules like this, I think I may get into trouble when I head back to India.

Men should never touch women in [...]

Sunday Afternoons

Sunday, May 22nd, 2005

…are awesome. I spent the morning with Ziyad and his jetski. I am so going to get one of these… IF I don’t buy a boat. Heh. For real though, jetskiing is money, you need to try it.Other than that, just enjoying another lazy Sunday afternoon. My dog Susie has placed claim on more than [...]

The lawnmower man.

Monday, May 16th, 2005

…that’s what they call me. I get home and see my mom on my little lawn tractor:Turns out that my mom was just trying to get my attention because she knew I would look when I heard the lawnmower running- since I’m the only one that uses it.Turns out that the ‘rents upgraded me to [...]

It’s done.

Sunday, May 15th, 2005

Jack and I finished our first marathon today. Woot.Lessons learned:-Marathoners are badass. I have a newfound respect for those that do this.-Don’t EVER get new shoes less than 10 days before the race.-Stretch. Then repeat. And again.-If you think you’ve trained enough. You haven’t.-If you think you’ve had enough water. You haven’t.-26.2 miles is way [...]

Badass boys have badass toys.

Sunday, May 1st, 2005

Ok… so I’m not a REAL badass, but I’m still pretty awesome!So my buddy Ziyad got a new jetski and since I’m awesome and drive a truck, guess who gets to go pick it up from the dealer?Paul + my truck + anything on a trailer = WOOT!Anyways, long story short: We drove up to [...]

Atlas of the Human Journey - The Genographic Project

Wednesday, April 13th, 2005

Atlas of the Human Journey - The Genographic ProjectNow this is pretty cool. You give National Geographic a cheek swab and $100 to tell you how your ancestry descended from Africa. This is clearly not interesting to anyone that lives in Africa, but for the rest of us– it’s pretty badass.Once you sign up, they’ll [...]