Mentoring


Forget Filling Out Forms: Your Next Professional Profile Will Be a Conversation with AI

We’re living through an incredible moment in technology. Artificial Intelligence is moving beyond simple automation and is now capable of nuanced conversation, reasoning, and strategic assistance. We see it drafting emails, writing code, and analyzing complex data. But what happens when we apply this powerful conversational AI to two of […]


The Long Goodbye

The Long Goodbye Ever feel like life, especially as the years stack up, starts to feel a bit like… one long goodbye? It’s a funny thing. You pour your heart and soul into relationships, into projects, into communities. You build something amazing with people you care about. Kids grow up […]


SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: Moments of Excellence.

Every so often, I try to take my expectations up a notch in an endless quest for excellence. The first time I really discovered how far I could take excellence was when William L. Belan, who was on the committee approving the written analysis for my Master’s Project told me […]


How much money do you need?

A friend asked for some advice. I thought that it was a good question and thought I’d share my response in case you might be feeling some of his feelings. His comment was in response to a question about money and how much it takes to be rich. ========== Hopefully, […]


About Gifts

I spent the past half hour or so sending a response to a long-time friend who thought I owed him a phone call. A phone call isn’t much to ask. This person has done many things for me over the last decade or more, but I’ve been crazy busy with […]


Mentors

People ask me who my mentors are. I always think of Ed Johnson and Mike Wert. When I decided to become an entrepreneur again at the start of the dot com boom, I asked a friend to recommend someone to give me advice. He suggested that I meet with Ed […]