I was an alright college student, not a genius by any means and I took my share of losses. One of those losses came in the form of an E in Business Calculus in the Fall of 2008. I flunked with like a 20%. There was no hope. The professor …
If you have met Alan Jones, you know my words are true. If you have not, I hope one day your paths cross because he is one of the most genuine human beings that walks this earth and is truly a motivational force in my life.
Now, you question your mid-level manager position with room for exponential growth that not only sustains you, but allows you to pay for overpriced brunch every Sunday with people you don’t like, but can tolerate with bottomless mimosas. Life is no longer a movie as your Instagram caption suggests.
Staring at myself in the mirror, tying my tie for my work, I realized that this was one of the many skills my mother taught me before I reached adolescence. As the fabric twists between my fingers – over and under, around and through, eventually forming a knot – I …
“Wow, it has to be 120 degrees out here,” I thought to myself. In fact, my guess was probably not far off because, after all, it was Phoenix, Arizona in the middle of the summer and the cement dock that I worked on was an excellent insulator. Whatever the temperature …
