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When I bought my house, it was one of a few I considered buying. The others were of similar size, all situated in what might be the "nicest" neighborhood in Missoula. They were all pretty comparable in price. The house I bought was the most centrally located. It was the
Start / Stop / Continue
Early in my career, when working in business development at WONGDOODY, we'd do a post-mortem after every pitch. Both the ones we won and the ones we lost. The process we followed was straightforward but worked great. It's called Start/Stop/ Continue. When you analyze what happened and how you
The Campfire Code
Last week, I had a fantastic experience: a long weekend with some of my best friends at our cabin up in the mountains. We fished. We chopped wood. We cooked meat (and fish) over a fire. Some beverages were had. And we had some incredible conversations about fish and life.
Moments Between Moments
Before I had a kid, I never thought much about the moments in between moments. Now that my time is in much more limited supply, I am a lot more aware of those moments in between moments. * Daycare pickups * Commuting to the office * Walks to the store * The 15 minutes
Accountability
There are only a few problems in life you can't solve through accountability. But most things can be solved by building a system where someone holds you accountable. When I decided I wanted my physique closer to six-pack abs than a permanent dad bod, I started paying someone 300 bucks
A Wise Old Owl
Here is a great poem I've been thinking about lately. A wise old Owl Sat on an oak. The more he saw, The less he spoke. The less he spoke, The more he heard. Why can’t we be Like that wise old bird? I hear this was a favorite
Spending Power
One of my former clients was a famous entrepreneur who built a multi-billion dollar company and was friends with Steve Jobs. We got to be good buddies, and he'd regularly fly out his plane to have dinner with me in Portland. Whenever I was in San Francisco, he insisted we
Electric Bikes
Gas, registration fees, insurance, maintenance... Oh, and then there’s the cost of actually buying a car. Cars are expensive to buy, operate, store, and maintain. If you’re buying a new car, the average cost to buy, drive and maintain is $894 per month or $10,728 per year.
Limit Maintenance
There is a fine line between the joy of owning a thing or partaking in an activity and the pain in the ass that comes with doing the maintenance for it. There’s a tipping point at which you’ll be more frustrated with the maintenance than getting whatever joy
Unfathomably Wealthy
If you want to feel unfathomably wealthy, you must have felt poor.