There’s a joy and satisfaction in knowing you did your best, even (and especially) when it’s right on the edge. It was Monday night at CloudFest in Germany. Jet lag was catching up with me and sleep was sounding pretty good. At an event like CloudFest with hundreds of speakers the organizing team works hard […] Read More »

We had our final show on Sunday and a get together after that went into the evening. I got home after 1 AM and I felt it Monday morning. A day later, there’s still a sense of sadness, of loss, floating around me. A few minutes before we went on stage, I had a moment […] Read More »

10 years ago, my wife and I, along with our year old son, pulled up to a building just outside of Oklahoma City. My new friend, Cory Miller, had invited us to stop by the iThemes office. As an entrepreneur falling in love with WordPress, I was impressed with what Cory and his team built […] Read More »

In my reading of Willpower Doesn’t Work, the concept of “environment design” stood out especially and prompted me to take a fresh look at my work / life environments. Environment design, for me, starts with the end in mind. What am I trying to accomplish? Where am I trying to go? What do I value? […] Read More »

I started reading books on time management as a late teenager. One of my first blog posts was about time management! (That, frankly, was embarrassing to re-read – and that means I’ve grown!) I remember how inspired I felt. I started implementing time management systems and felt like I was figuring it all out. One […] Read More »