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Lesson From A Giant

February 9, 2011

I got to thinking recently, after hearing about Sean Ogle meeting the 7UP guy, actor Orlando Jones. [Drummers reading might also recognize Jones from his role as Dr. Lee, in the movie Drumline] Sean’s story, and the lessons he took from that encounter, made me reminisce about the night I partied at the Hollywood Hills [...]

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17 Location Independent Entrepreneurs Define “Home”

February 2, 2011

To some, house equals home. But an ever-growing number of determined entrepreneurs disagree, and have been using creativity, hard work and today’s technologies to break free of the chains that hold most of us in one specific place, developing flexible, “location independent” careers for themselves. In my own ongoing quest to travel more and more, [...]

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The 2011 ImpossibList

January 19, 2011

I’m a bit late in posting this year’s resolutions (and I know some people disagree about whether or not they should even be written in the first place). But I, for one, operate well and efficiently when I have clearly defined goals in place. After a bit of a slump near the end of last [...]

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A Year In The Life (2010 Review)

December 29, 2010

Whew . . . what a year! (Click on links throughout for more details) At the suggestion of several friends and musical/traveling cohorts, and without knowing the slightest bit about what I was doing, I ran my first ever post on January 1st of this year. BAM! Here’s your merit badge. You are now officially [...]

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The Way Out

December 24, 2010

Two weeks ago, I wrote about the slump I’ve been in recently. I quickly learned that turning to friends is one of the fastest ways to get out of a funk. Readers, fellow musicians, acquaintances old & new, local & distant took time out of their own busy and complicated lives to chime in and [...]

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The Slump

December 9, 2010

I hope to not feel this way sometime soon, but at this very moment, I despise that everyone in the blog world (myself included) seems to be perpetually hunky-dory. Always having their act together; full of all the necessary answers for every curveball life throws at you. Each post brimming with insightful action steps and [...]

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Change Your Direction

December 1, 2010

Author and speaker Jim Rohn was crediting as having said, “You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.” In other words . . . we may not always be able to instantly, as if by magic, change our current situation. Make that scary career move. Get out of that draining [...]

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Strength

November 24, 2010

I’ve written about my fearless mother before. But have I mentioned her incredible strength? Yesterday morning, my 66 year old mom was out shoveling snow in the cold Upper Peninsula of Michigan. She swiveled to make a turn, but her boot chose otherwise and stayed frozen to the ice. Apparently, there are three spots that [...]

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Kick Procrastination in the Arse

November 17, 2010

There never seems to be enough time in the day to accomplish all the things we’d like to. Work, family and other activities always find a way to eat up every passing minute and hour. Before you know it, poof, another week, month, or year has gone by, and you still haven’t even begun to [...]

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The Donating Drummer

November 10, 2010

Super excited am I! Today is exactly three weeks from the launch date of my new project, TheDonatingDrummer! The long and short of TheDonatingDrummer is simple: beginning this December, I will be donating all or part of my pay from one music gig each month to fund a personal project or goal of someone else’s! [...]

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