“Be careful what you think you know about a person. Because you’re probably wrong,” author Jeff Linsay had one of his characters offer as important advice. And it holds up in real life, too.

Today was the day. It's been about six months since we moved. Out west. To altitude. In Colorado. I've been trying to get back into my running. And failing. But today, I ran the full four miles I've been targeting. Without walking. Or falling out of breath. First time since we moved to altitude.

What happens when you think your writing is no good? Not deep enough. Not strong enough? Not compelling enough? Not... enough? It happens to the best out there. You have it inside, but it's not flowing out through the pen.

There are three things I find myself telling my son over and over and over again. One - You don't get good at anything without practicing. Two - You have two ears and one mouth so you should always listen twice as much as you talk; and Three - You don't have to have an opinion about everything.

It's funny this photo came across my screen today as I'm thinking about streaming services. Shopping for the right one for me, actually. I'm doing the free trial of Apple. My 14 year old son thinks Spotify is awesome. How do you do it?

Thomas Jefferson was pretty good with words. The stakes were high at that time. And this. And it’s the same reason you need to take the time to consider and write down the reason you’re doing what you’re doing and why in the simplest terms you can come up with.

Despite old adages, you don’t capture readers. You earn them. A long time ago. In a career path far, far away. I learned this rule. Not a rule, so much as a natural law of reading. And I still use it every, single day. Their time belongs to them. And they know it.

How many times have you heard something like this said by someone in your company? Boy, I should really blog about that.

Sports metaphors for life and business are overused to the point of heads exploding across meeting rooms and business seminars.

I had a knee problem a few years ago. No injury, exactly, but a lot of pain. I went to my sports medicine specialist who did an MRI.

I found myself in a very loud room full of people excitedly networking recently. Frustrated, trying to get across what I do for a living.

If everybody is the hero of his or her own story, who’s yours? And be careful. The right answer may not be the answer you want to give.

Ask ten business owners to define “content marketing” and you’ll get at least ten different answers. What is the problem, you ask?