Why We Shouldn’t Give Up

He had lost 84 games in a row. I had just arrived home and found my son Moses playing chess against the computer. I...

The Important Jobs We Ignore 

If you keep it up, you’re going to end up as a plumber cleaning out poo pipes, my teacher hissed. The students in my...

8 Things I’m Teaching My Kids about Work

I don’t just want my kids to have fun during their childhood. I want them learn to work and add value to the world....

How to Achieve Success Without a College Degree

Achieving a goal you have set for yourself is success. Examples might be earning a good living, having a really enjoyable job, having no...

I sold my House and moved to Hawaii, here’s what we are doing now

With three weeks left in our visit back to the mainland this past summer, we decided to sell our house in Portland, OR. This...

The Story of the 62 Year Old Refrigerator

The only thing cooler than picking up a excellent condition, perfectly working General Electric refrigerator from 1954, is when the owner, a 94 year...

How I Got A Concussion While Surfing

Everything went black. When the light returned, my head was spinning and I was overcome with dizziness. This is not good, I’m not in...

They Used To Last 50 Years

Now refrigerators last 8–10 years, if you are fortunate. How in the world have our appliances regressed so much in the past few decades? ...

The Things We Used To Love

Before this day is over, I want you to go do something you love. Something you stopped doing for one reason or another. Life...

Good Ideas Are Always Crazy Until They’re Not

"Good ideas are always crazy until they’re not." - Larry Page Do you want to make something that’s never been built? Do you want to...