I would like to invite you on a bike ride that you will never forget while helping change the world at the same time. Specifically, I am asking you to join Team World Bicycle Relief for Ride the Rockies this coming June. What is Ride the Rockies? Ride the Rockies (RTR) is one of the premier organized…
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New Bike Day
On August 24, I was hit by a pickup truck while riding my bike. After an ambulance ride to the ER, we discovered that I had a broken left clavicle and broken right thumb. It was not a comfortable recovery but due to the love of my family and friends, and some excellent medical care,…
How to Build a Good Resume
I am frequently asked by friends to review their resumes and I find that I often give the same advice over and over, so decided to make a blog post to go over the main points. I have been on both sides of the resume game. I once had six resumes in a row lead to…
Be the change you want to see in yourself
Gandhi taught us to “Be the change you want to see in the world.” I would like to suggest if there are areas where you could improve, to “Be the change you want to see in yourself.” Often we have things about ourselves that we don’t like and sometimes devise a host of defense mechanisms…
Remembering my mom – five years later
Five years ago today, my mom passed away from lung cancer. It was a traumatic experience but I consider myself lucky to have been surrounded by absolutely saintly people. A few months before she passed away, Christina tasked me with writing a thank you note for a quilt she made for Christopher (he was 10 months old…
So what do you get your mom for Mothers’ Day when she has weeks to live?
Five years ago on May 9, 2010, we visited my mom at Potomac Hospital who was suffering from the final stages of lung cancer. Patrick, Eileen, and I wanted to do something meaningful and special – but getting her something was not really an option as she only had weeks or months to live. As…
How Getting My Inbox to Zero Changed My Life
Since the dawn of e-mail, my inbox has largely ruled my work days, often displacing the important for the seemingly urgent. And since the advent of mobile devices, e-mail went beyond ruling my work days to largely ruling my life. As a result, I was in permanent and perpetual reaction mode. I jumped from the hottest fire…
Ride the Rockies
Prologue: As I prepared to leave for Ride the Rockies this year, I struggled with what to call it. Was it a vacation? Most vacations involve fun – and this would involve hours of discomfort, aching muscles, saddle sores, and waking up every day around 5:15 a.m.. Calling it a “bike ride” did not seem…
Avoid the PowerPoint Trap! How to give an effective presentation
PowerPoint has been responsible for millions of dreadful presentations. Everyone reading this post has probably suffered through dozens of awful PowerPoints (and some unwittingly have given some!). Fortunately, there is one thing you can do that will produce dramatic results. A presentation has three parts – Preparation, Design, and Delivery. Unfortunately, PowerPoint guides people to combine…