I’m better than all of you – a study of criticism
I’ve wrecked my share of motorcycles. Sometimes it’s been my fault. Sometimes it’s been a cager. On rare occasions it’s been a malfunction. I generally see those as my fault […]
Author: John
Your child on a motorcycle
I recently read this headline in my Facebook feed: Mom ‘shamed’ for letting 7-year-old daughter ride on motorcycle. It was posted in a closed motorcycling group, so you can imagine it […]
Nerd on a motorcycle
The release of the movie Why We Ride, combined with a look at many of my motorcyclist friends, made me think about why I started riding. I started riding a motorcycle […]
Your wife isn’t your boss. It’s not your kid’s fault.
I went for a motorcycle ride this morning. It was a little cooler than anticipated, so on one of my fuel stops, I went inside to warm up. A guy […]
Equipment and experience
Today was crazy. I’m leading the rebrand of our company. We’re sunsetting three brands and creating a whole new one. I decided to go the “Friday we’re X, Monday we’re […]
Skype, slobs, and professionalism
One of my employer’s core values is “Be professional,” which I think is a good thing. It implies competence. It also keeps top of mind that any of us may […]
Out of the poetry closet
I recently “came out of the closet” to the rest of the executive team at R3 that I write poetry occasionally. Here’s a piece I wrote last spring for Beyond […]
The progression of progress
This post started as a post about weight training. When I first started lifting weights, I thought that I’d progress on a curve that would be steep in the beginning, […]
Cigarettes and cell phones
Have you seen the most recent anti-smoking advertisements? They’re brilliant. In concept, they show someone being forced to leave something they enjoy doing to go smoke. Tag line: Cigarettes are […]
1979 – The day that mindful died
A Facebook friend posted this image from Mindful Living. I had to re-post it. Shortly after, I was in a business meeting with an longtime friend, and the topic of […]