In Between Degrees

Your favorite popular brands were once small businesses, too. On this Small Business Saturday, don't forget to check out the best your city has to offer. Shop, eat, drink local. It's great stuff and services by great people, close to home. All the jazz about economy is nothing without starting at home first.

Everyone has bad days. The good news is you (should) get another one tomorrow. Until then, here are a few great ways to get back to par: Sleep. They say sleep is like hitting reset on your mind. Exercise. Nothing changes the chemistry in your mind and body like a great workout. Meditate. Clear your ...

Simon Sinek says, "Start with Why."Most people will strive to do their best if directed properly. Most people want to do a good job. We often hear about "Millenials being lazy" or "Gen X'ers don't care", or some variation thereto. All excuses. What we often forget is that beyond the paycheck, we want to have ...

Most everyone who practices a traditional Asian martial art remembers learning his or her first form, Basic Form 1.  It usually has some variations between styles, but typically created a basic "I" pattern.  As simple as it may seem from afar, the transitional motions, combined with the stances, steps, and technique can be quite difficult ...

Response to:  https://qz.com/670483/dont-be-anxious-about-the-arc-of-your-future-what-i-wish-id-known-at-30/?utm_source=atlfb In a nutshell, the real truth is that live constantly evolves. For me, it's been impossible to predict and even less, improbable for which to plan. If I went back in time and tried to convince myself at 21 what it might look like at almost 34, I would've laughed at me. ...

Winter in Columbus varies quite a bit, but when it's cold...it's cold. The other morning, as I got into my car and started driving to work, I complained (to no one in particular) that it was cold and how I really needed to get a car that has remote start. The leather was cold and ...

Yesterday is a day gone past.  Yes, we should look upon our memories of the former with fondness, taking forward our lessons learned and the joys of our experience. But today is when we must live and prove to ourselves and the world that we are not living only by resting on the successes of ...

Breathing.  We are so very bad at this. The moments go so quickly that we seem to plan our next breath whilst forgetting to breathe along the way. Too often, we use up our breath to yell, complain, blame, chastise, obfuscate, speak ill, and even to fill the few spaces between the sounds.  At practice ...

Commenters can be such critics. A response to those that scoffed Janelle Quibuyen's article in Quartz, talking about the realities around working for yourself.  It seems the intent of this piece is to lend perspective to the flippant message that pervades American society, especially in the younger generations, that if you aren't entrepreneurial and trying ...