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If you’re working for a company or organization and at the regular staff meeting the new person shows up and is brave enough to ask questions like “why exactly do we do this?” or “I’m trying to better understand…can you explain this?” or “I’m not sure I’m following…what do we do here?”, etc…honor that curiosityContinue reading “The New Person At The Meeting”

There isn’t some magical moment where you will cross everything off your to-do list, accomplish every one of your goals, reach the highest level of success, etc…and suddenly feel like “I did it. I’ve arrived. I’m good.” The reason? Because all the joy is found in arriving. Not in having arrived. Lean in to andContinue reading “Arriving”

“If we’re looking for purpose and fulfillment we need to carry weight…and creativity is an honorable weight to put on your shoulders. When we feel the hurt and pain of the weight we get to remember that what we chose is hard but it’s worth it. The goal is not to get rid of theContinue reading “Which Weight Will You Carry?”

“A writer – and, I believe, generally all persons – must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is givenContinue reading “The Clay Of Suffering”

“When they touch down, we’ll blow up the roof, they’ll spend a month sifting through rubble, and by the time they work out what went wrong, we’ll be sitting on a beach, earning twenty percent.” -Hans Gruber, Die Hard I’ve been in this town so longSo long to the cityI’m fit with the stuffTo rideContinue reading “Heroes and Villains”

May the good Lord shine a light on youMake every song your favorite tuneMay the good Lord shine a light on youWarm like the evening sun -song “Shine A Light” by The Rolling Stones One of the great and beautiful things about being a producer is you get to shine a light on projects andContinue reading “Shine A Light”

Either you’re all in. With your whole heart. Or you’re not. There’s just no in-between. Read this phenomenal excerpt from David Whyte’s book, “Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity.” (H/t to Billy Oppenheimer for providing.) After years of loving the work he was doing at an environmental nonprofit, David Whyte startedContinue reading “Your Whole Heart”

“Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain” -Ralph Waldo Emerson “Fate whispers to the warrior, ‘You can not withstand the storm.’ The warrior whispers back, ‘I am the storm.’” -Unknown “I was born for a storm, and a calm does not suit me.” -Andrew Jackson It is said that buffaloesContinue reading “Be The Buffalo”

This past Saturday, my son Callum and I attended the Lakers v. Nuggets game. It was probably the greatest NBA game I’ve ever seen live. Incredible plays, back and forth action, Crypto Arena was absolutely bonkers. It’s a memory we’ll always have together, and I’m so grateful for the experience. For the Lakers though, it’sContinue reading “Every Single Night”

“How long must you wait until you demand the best of yourself? -Epictetus Seriously, how long? If not now, when? If not you, who? Go make your art.