Powerball Jackpot Rises to $1 Billion—the Third Largest in History
The Powerball jackpot rose yet again to an estimated $1 billion after no winning ticket was sold for the latest drawing.
Planning my day – the day before – is so helpful
This morning, as I was looking over my daily plan – which I always make the night before – I had a few thoughts on how helpful it is to start off the day with a plan already made. I’ve been doing this for a while now, and here are the top five...
9 Types Of Tired Everyone Will Relate To
Tired is a word that can be used in so many different ways. You could be tired from lack of sleep, or you could be tired from working too hard. Which one do you most relate to?
Touching theme song reminds us of our adoption journey
For anyone who has ever adopted a child, or just has that special kid, you’ll enjoy this theme song. I was watching Daniel play ARK Survival on his new gaming PC, taming all the different dinosaurs and battling them. He came in running to the bedroom last night...
DJI – This is DJI Mavic 3
It’s amazing how capable modern drones have become. This 4 minute video demo of the new Mavic drone is incredible. It’s unreal the the high-def camera system, long battery life, distance / range, and the auto-follow, obstacle avoidance features....
West Virginia’s 37 State Parks in 1 Minute
This is so cool – West Virginia truly has some beautiful outdoor experiences to provide folks. From the producer: My COVID project…to get outside (and be socially distanced) over the last 6 months I photographed each of WV’s 37 state parks. Here is a short...
I am not a Spider – Opiliones – they’re also known as daddy long legs
I really did not know this… Always thought the rumor was true that they were the most poisonous spider but their fangs were to big to bite humans… ends up they are just a bug… not a spider at all!!! Never too old to learn something...
Keeping Up and Managing Time
Today is the first day that I’ve really felt the pressure of going on record to create a new daily habit and feeling the resistance of life press back. Starting a new habit Even though writing a thoughtful blog post only takes perhaps half an hour total, I’ve still...
What’s on your mind?
I’m taking requests 🙂 Let me know what you’d like me to write, think about or make a video on and I’ll consider it as I plan content for these daily posts. My Wheelhouse I’ve spend most of my time helping clients with business strategies to...
Know Your Roles and Goals
Here are two resources that you’ll find incredibly helpful in your life. Every Year has New Goals (and Roles) Each year, I’ve learned to kind of set some goals for my life. And I’ve done this for years and years and years and years. Two Models to Set Goals And there’s...
Use Voice Dictation to Speed Up Your Writing
How fast can you type? How fast can you talk? Writing at the Speed of Thought A lot of times, when you have a thought. It’s possible that the ideas can come out of your head faster than you can type. This creates a problem. The mechanics of typing quickly slow you...
How to do an annual website audit for business owners
In 7 minutes I share 10 quick tips, practical advice for business owners to make sure their site is safe, squared away, is setup to do what matters most and ready to do what it needs to do for you this year. Watch the video for insights on each key point: ...
Learn by Doing
I believe that what you think you know about doing things… is refined and made real… when you actually do them. Practice makes Perfect Some of us learn more by seeing, by reading, by listening and also by doing… doing real work, shipping results, going...
Apple Clips Video App
Did you know Apple has a free video studio tool for your phone that has some amazing pro-level features? I didn’t until last year. It’s amazing. Apple Clips – it’s Free This is the app I’ve used to make these past couple videos. Below are four super helpful...
What is your New Years Mindset? for me ‘Be Helpful’
What are your top of mind priorities, your focal points for this new year? Are they clear? A new year is the perfect time to think about this question. Seek Clarity “Clarity with regard to purpose” is something I find myself often saying. Before I task time or energy...
Short Video Production
I believe the written word is an essential, proven and timeless way to capture and share thoughts. But I’ve also learned, communicating via video also has an immeasurable impact with it being so visually engaging and digestible. What is it they say? A picture is worth...
Sharing Tech Tips for Leaders and Parents
It seems like every year I want to start off writing regularly and then get sidetracked with a million business, family and personal projects. But persistence is one of my “four words” that I try and live by. Simplify, Clarity, Focus, Persist. So I’m just going to...
Google Classroom Overview for Parents (and kids)
We are kicking of virtual school this year and I found this super helpful, short video helping parents (in just 9 minutes) learn everything they need to know in order to best support their kids with using Google Classroom. Google Classroom is a digital classroom...
‘Back to Blog’ Season – it’s been 170 days!
‘Back to Blog’ Season – it’s been 170 days! I took quite a bit of time off from regular writing on the blog since we got back from visiting Great Wolfe Lodge during spring break. That was March 15th, 2020. Looking back over the summer it seems like it was years...
SpaceX Crew Dragon Is the Most Anticipated Launch of the Year
SpaceX is about to launch its Crew Dragon, and is making history by bringing back human spaceflight to U.S. soil. This is an incredible six minute overview of what’s going to happen tomorrow I’ve only seen one other special launch live from Cape Canaveral...
How to Create a Python Virtual Environment MacOS
This is a quick summary of the MacOS bash commands to create a Python3 Virtual Environment The Default MacOS kernel runs Python 2.7 The best practice is to NOT install packages for development / code testing into your core OS stack The best practice IS TO install...
Unboxing and Assembly of the National Geographic NT114CF Telescope
This video on our new telescope, about 8 minutes in, teaches some incredible basic telescope fundamentals that I never knew – very educational… We’re in a great location to see both Venus and the Moon – excited to get it all figured...
The evolution of the coffee cup lid over time
So interesting! What an amazing history of the design, patents and genius of such an everyday object…...