Managing Dynamite and Faith

Alfred Nobel was a rare breed of genius. Despite only attending school 18 months during his lifetime he held over 350 different patents, the most famous of which was for dynamite. While we think of dynamite as an element of war and violence, Nobel set about creating...

My Big Fat Mouth: Criticism

They say baseball is our national pastime, but I would challenge that. No, I’m not here to instead make the case for basketball or football. No, I’d argue that the real national pastime in the United States is criticizing others. Not only do we generate...

My Big Fat Mouth: Lying

I’ve been reading the book The Big Short by Michael Lewis (which inspired the movie). The book is a re-telling of the causes and events leading up to the subprime mortgage crisis, which eventually led to a global economic crisis. While the whole subprime...

My Big Fat Mouth: Complaining

I’m usually very flowery in my openings, but today allow me to be pretty blunt. Can you imagine what would happen if we took all the time we spend complaining and actually harnassed it for good? Frankly, we’d likely have little to complain about because we...

My Big Fat Mouth

I’ve fallen off a bicycle more times than I care to count, and have a variety of scars to show for it. I’ve been thrown off a four-wheeler, been in two roll-over accidents, and had my appendix out.  Yet, I can honestly say that what has caused more hurt in...