On three straight fastballs. If that’s crazy to read, think about how crazy it is for me to write. What’s stranger is that I didn’t even know that until sometime in my teenage years, around high school.  Even now, more than thirty years after finding out, I know the broad brush strokes…the highlights, but not…

As of today, September 22nd, there are exactly 100 days until this year is over. What can you do with 100 days?  There’s nothing particularly special about 100 days, but then again there is something about a nice round number like that.  This time of year is usually when business owners put together their annual…

Asheville sits in the heart of the Blue Ridge mountains with plenty to do. This isn’t an exhaustive list by any means, but these are all things we’ve done with the whole family over the years – with new borns and big kids alike. Fun for the whole family, if you will. First on the…

After my recent post, ‘Sacrificing My Family At the Altar of My Business,’ I had folks reach out for a few different reasons, one of which was to ask questions about the values and priorities piece in there. Specifically: Before we get to that, I do want to highlight the importance of establishing your values…

In 2009, after two trips to Vegas (once for our honeymoon and one more for our anniversary), Mandy and I were looking for somewhere different to go. She wanted to go somewhere tropical, but I didn’t. I wanted to go somewhere with snow, but she didn’t. This is partly how we decided on Vegas for…

Just the other night, Mandy and I were doing a favorite parenting past-time activity – fondly looking back through photos from when the kids were much younger. Now I don’t claim to have the greatest memory, but a few caught my eye because I didn’t recall anything about a succession of photos from a few…