Category Archives: Too XYZ
“Waiting for the Smiths”
You know that old expression, “Keeping Up with the Joneses”? Meaning the incessant need to have just a little bit more than those around you, and doing whatever it takes to obtain same, in order to save face? (In other words, a materialistic crock of shit life philosophy.) For the sake of the expression, “Jones” …
Remember them ALL.
Here, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, I remember the veterans. All of the veterans. We often think of the GI Joe, manly men, meat and potatoes, “For America, Jesus, and Apple Pie!” gung ho types on this day. Those that want to go “put a boot in their ass” …
My Legacy: A Post in Cooperation with Brazen Careerist.
Sometimes it is extraordinarily difficult to think about one’s legacy when one lives basically hand to mouth or less, as I do. One can get swallowed up in the every day and become so pre-occupied with finding a way to keep one’s head above water that the very idea of a legacy seems not only …
Tasks vs. Goals
Before I delve into my point, let me say that I understand the importance of having goals. 90% of blogs, TEDs (whatever they are, I’m still not sure), podcasts, and other success oriented media will mention the importance of goals. “You can’t get anywhere until you know where you want to be. You need a …
Five Ways to Make Networking Events Introvert Friendly
“The world, especially business, runs on extroverts.“ Horseshit. Oh, it’s easy to assume that it does, because by their very nature extroverts make the most noise, and work twice as hard to get noticed for…whatever it is an extrovert needs to be noticed for at any given nano-second. But some of the best thinkers, and …
Ty Unglebower 