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2024
Jun 16, 2024
Family
My Rebaptism
2023
Feb 26, 2023
Personal Improvement
The Phases of Growth: Creation, Fall, and Atonement
2022
Feb 20, 2022
Family
Build for Being, Not for Doneness
Feb 7, 2022
Personal Improvement
3 Habits of Spiritual Growth
2020
Nov 4, 2020
Personal Improvement
Divided and Balanced with Love & The 2020 Election
Oct 20, 2020
Personal Improvement
Thinking Thoughts Thrice
Sep 29, 2020
Personal Improvement
This American Moment
Sep 27, 2020
Family
A Dating Advice Post
Sep 27, 2020
Health
Feeling Lied To Hurts
Sep 24, 2020
Health
Blessings Make Us Stronger
Sep 21, 2020
Personal Improvement
My Return to Church
Sep 19, 2020
Family
If You Do Heroic Things, You Can Become One
2015
Jul 13, 2015
Culture
I Guess I Like to Create Things
Jul 8, 2015
Leadership
The Extra Mile
Jul 5, 2015
Personal Improvement
Blogging Cadence – No Weekend Posts
Jul 1, 2015
Leadership
My Mistakes of the Last Year
2014
Nov 28, 2014
Personal Improvement
Blogging Slowdown
Nov 19, 2014
Leadership
On Focusing
Nov 9, 2014
Marketing
The Importance of a Good Business Model
Nov 7, 2014
Marketing
Preparing for Presentations
Oct 19, 2014
Personal Improvement
News and Politics
Oct 12, 2014
Leadership
Working on Raw Personal Attributes
Sep 25, 2014
Personal Improvement
Entrepreneurs Get Speeding Tickets
Sep 18, 2014
Leadership
Cheat Sheet Phrases for Crucial Conversations
Sep 10, 2014
Education
A Shout Out to Georgia’s Truett Cathy
Sep 9, 2014
Engineering
If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It
Sep 6, 2014
Marketing
Social Media Goals for New Professionals
Sep 2, 2014
Personal Improvement
Updated Blogging Stats
Sep 1, 2014
Personal Improvement
The 5/3/1 Workout
Aug 30, 2014
Ownership
Embrace Both the Pattern and the Deviations
Aug 26, 2014
Education
10,000 Hours? Binge Modes? Yes or No?
Aug 24, 2014
Ownership
Lifestyle or Growth Mode?
Aug 22, 2014
Leadership
Condescending Statements to Avoid
Aug 14, 2014
Culture
Worst Case Scenario Analysis
Aug 12, 2014
Ideas
Business and Personal Metrics by Gallagher
Aug 5, 2014
Culture
Ego
Jul 24, 2014
Events
Happy Pioneer Day
Jul 20, 2014
Culture
Extra Honesty Opens Doors and Hearts
Jul 19, 2014
Culture
Play Hard
Jul 17, 2014
Engineering
Tools of the Software Startup Trade
Jul 14, 2014
Culture
You Can’t Be Too Nice; You Own A Company
Jul 6, 2014
Education
Hard Work & Intelligence
Jun 28, 2014
Culture
Admitting When Things Aren’t Working
Jun 23, 2014
Leadership
Doing Painful Things First
Jun 8, 2014
Marketing
Absorbing Ideas from Everyone You Meet
Jun 7, 2014
Leadership
What Regular Written Updates Do You Do?
May 24, 2014
Leadership
Cancelling a Commitment
May 18, 2014
Ownership
Things You Give Up For Success
May 14, 2014
Leadership
Principles, Processes, & Preferences
May 11, 2014
Engineering
Productivity Tools
May 4, 2014
Culture
Degrees of Interleaving Work and Life
Apr 26, 2014
Personal Improvement
Entrepreneurial Learning On-The-Fly
Apr 25, 2014
Events
3 Attributes for High Probability Entrepreneurial Success
Apr 17, 2014
Personal Improvement
Hiving My Backyard Bees
Apr 16, 2014
Education
Estimate the Number of Tires Sold Yearly Worldwide
Apr 14, 2014
Ideas
A Personal Entrepreneurial Thesis
Apr 5, 2014
Leadership
Newbie Startup Founders Go From Bad to Amazing in a Few Years
Apr 4, 2014
Fundraising
George Washington’s Greatest Gift, Given Twice
Apr 1, 2014
Leadership
I Wrote About That Before
Mar 30, 2014
Culture
10 Things That Are Not Really Impressive
Mar 22, 2014
Culture
Grit and Hard Work. Crushing It.
Mar 20, 2014
Leadership
Lucky and Successful Attributes
Mar 18, 2014
Leadership
Reader Feedback on Two Recent Posts
Mar 17, 2014
Leadership
Hand-written Letters
Mar 16, 2014
Leadership
Reading Body Language
Mar 15, 2014
Leadership
Managing Things to be Manageable
Mar 13, 2014
Education
Business School Is Not Street Cred for Startups
Mar 9, 2014
Leadership
Founders Need Good Peer Groups
Mar 8, 2014
Leadership
Dreams, Goals, and Expectations
Mar 5, 2014
Leadership
Presenting To A Small Group
Mar 4, 2014
Education
Two Fascinating Articles Today
Mar 3, 2014
Leadership
Getting Mad
Feb 25, 2014
Operations
How To Be Productive Infographic
Feb 15, 2014
Culture
Staying Calm
Feb 12, 2014
Culture
Accountability
Feb 11, 2014
Personal Improvement
Book Review: Kon-Tiki
Feb 10, 2014
Leadership
Forgiveness
Feb 8, 2014
Leadership
Making Stuff Happen
Feb 4, 2014
Leadership
The Carefulness of Well-Seasoned Leadership
Jan 31, 2014
Education
Continual Learning
Jan 14, 2014
Leadership
Busyness Is Off-Putting
Jan 12, 2014
Operations
How to Make Progress in Piano Playing and Startups
Jan 11, 2014
Leadership
Laws of Startups
Jan 1, 2014
Personal Improvement
Stats from 1 Year of Daily Startup Posts
2013
Dec 31, 2013
Operations
New Year’s Resolutions
Dec 29, 2013
Personal Improvement
On Blogging Daily
Dec 28, 2013
Personal Improvement
On Becoming Strong
Dec 27, 2013
Personal Improvement
On Losing Weight
Dec 26, 2013
Ideas
Fitness Trackers
Dec 25, 2013
Leadership
On Nervousness
Dec 24, 2013
Culture
Beware of the Grass-Is-Always-Greener Mindset
Dec 22, 2013
Leadership
Everyday Systems
Dec 14, 2013
Education
Reading Instapaper with SoundGecko
Dec 10, 2013
Education
Goals Are For Losers
Nov 28, 2013
Events
Thanksgiving Thoughts
Nov 27, 2013
Education
Procrastination
Nov 23, 2013
Education
An Exemplary Evening of Takeaways from Atlanta Bloggers
Nov 16, 2013
Events
Dear HPC Market, Stop the Ugly Slidedecks
Oct 30, 2013
Leadership
Saying No for Early Entrepreneurs
Oct 29, 2013
Education
The Johari Window
Oct 27, 2013
Education
Responsibility for Educating Kids
Oct 26, 2013
Education
Safety is Not a Virtue
Oct 25, 2013
Education
Using the Full Specturm for Ratings or Grades
Oct 18, 2013
Education
Digging to the Root Issue
Oct 15, 2013
Personal Improvement
Making the Best of a Commute
Oct 14, 2013
Engineering
“I’m Not Technical” is Uncool
Oct 12, 2013
Education
Question Asking
Oct 9, 2013
Culture
The Principle of Gratitude for Startups
Oct 8, 2013
Culture
Good Timber Comes from Hardship
Oct 7, 2013
Culture
Honoring a Deal
Oct 6, 2013
Culture
Business Ethics for Startups
Oct 3, 2013
Leadership
Timers for Meetings
Oct 1, 2013
Personal Improvement
Stats from 9 Months of Daily Startup Posts
Sep 28, 2013
Engineering
Tight Dev Loops
Sep 25, 2013
Engineering
My Failed Move to Linux
Sep 24, 2013
Marketing
Simplification of Design
Sep 18, 2013
Culture
Optimistically Pessimistic
Sep 16, 2013
Personal Improvement
Does Appearance Matter?
Sep 5, 2013
Personal Improvement
3 Easy Things Blog Readers Can Do
Aug 28, 2013
Leadership
Finding Time to Think
Aug 24, 2013
Education
Dumping Physical Books for the Kindle Paperwhite
Aug 22, 2013
Culture
Second Step to Implement EOS: Rocks
Aug 18, 2013
Education
The Steve Jobs Movie
Aug 9, 2013
Education
Homeschooling and Startups are Similar
Aug 4, 2013
Culture
Venn Diagram of Success
Aug 3, 2013
Leadership
Stay a Dog, Don’t Become a Cat
Jul 31, 2013
Leadership
Startup Lessons from Martha Washington
Jul 26, 2013
Personal Improvement
Fun Friday: Disco Kroger
Jul 21, 2013
Leadership
Startup Momentum and an Even Keel
Jul 18, 2013
Culture
Focus and Execution
Jul 17, 2013
Education
Fostering Creativity
Jul 16, 2013
Leadership
Resolving Concerns as a Step of the Commitment Pattern
Jul 15, 2013
Leadership
Following-Up
Jul 14, 2013
Leadership
Invite to Commit
Jul 13, 2013
Leadership
Finding Out as a Step of the Commitment Pattern
Jul 12, 2013
Leadership
Educate as a Step of the Commitment Pattern
Jul 11, 2013
Leadership
Helping Prospects Recognize Value Proposition
Jul 10, 2013
Leadership
Building Relationships of Trust
Jul 9, 2013
Leadership
The Commitment Pattern
Jul 8, 2013
Education
Jackpot of Startup Infographics
Jul 6, 2013
Leadership
Leadership is Temporary, Followership is Forever
Jul 1, 2013
Personal Improvement
Stats from 6 Months of Daily Startup Posts
Jun 23, 2013
Education
Types of Graduate Degree Programs
Jun 19, 2013
Marketing
An Email Boo Boo and Undo Send
Jun 17, 2013
Culture
Finding Your Passionate Dream Job
Jun 16, 2013
Ownership
Thoughts on Entrepreneur Dads
Jun 13, 2013
Education
Reading in a Busy Schedule
Jun 12, 2013
Education
Book Review: Never Eat Alone
Jun 10, 2013
Education
Weathering Storms Together
Jun 8, 2013
Culture
Expressing Disappointment
Jun 7, 2013
Education
Doers Run Circles Around Box Checkers
Jun 1, 2013
Personal Improvement
Controlling Time
May 31, 2013
Education
One Week with Feedly
May 27, 2013
Culture
Ideals Are Stars Not Sticks
May 15, 2013
Personal Improvement
Introspection by Drawing a Lifeline
May 14, 2013
Education
Advice to Incoming Graduate Students
May 8, 2013
Education
Learn from Podcasts
May 7, 2013
Education
Tabs in My Browser; Apps on My Homescreen
May 5, 2013
Personal Improvement
Correlated Aspects of Building Startups and Building Families
May 3, 2013
Leadership
Handling Little Things and Managing Time
Apr 24, 2013
Education
Entrepreneur Personality Types
Apr 23, 2013
Education
The Difference Between Introverts and Extroverts
Apr 18, 2013
Culture
Engineering Productivity
Apr 14, 2013
Culture
Vocabulary
Apr 3, 2013
Culture
Touching Moments in a Time of Transition
Apr 2, 2013
Leadership
Peer Review for Bootstrapped Startups
Apr 1, 2013
Education
Stats from 3 Months of Daily Startup Posts
Mar 10, 2013
Culture
Recharging