I Finally Found Him…
Back to back blog posts one day after another? I’ve not done that in over a year. But, this one was too good for me to pass up. And, not a “pat myself on the back type of good,”, but more like a “I can stop kicking myself in the face type of good.” Well, [...]
Hotel California
Yesterday I was getting in my car after a workout in the gym and as I fired up the car, a song came on that brought back such a vivid set of memories from decades ago. Growing up, even at the age of 9 or 10, I remember sitting in cars in our driveway. Just [...]
Happy 6th Birthday Buddy
Third letter in the series. My first one is here, and the second one is here. Dear Levi, I’m flying home from Dallas the day before your birthday as I start this letter; I was born in Dallas, you know, and it’s a great state to claim as ones birth since I think Texans appreciate [...]
Car On Fire…
Literally. We’re driving back from the NYC area to Western Jersey on Saturday late afternoon, just me and, then my RoZo sitting in the back. We’re jamming to some Rihanna, they’re telling endless stories, the sun is out…and we’re wearing shades, we’ve got a full tank of gas and a half a pack of cigarettes. [...]
A Raz Family Update
So it’s a long ways coming, but anyways here’s our update. It’ll be a quick entry, one because at the end of the day nobody really cares THAT much to know the minutiae about our move, but I still have people who text or email and say “dude, where did you go?” Where we went: [...]
Happy Thanksgiving 2010
Okay, here it is…a stroke before midnight, the annual RazFamily Thanksgiving video. This one is a bit more…casual, and slap-dash, but we’re going to let it go anyways. It really is purely an outtakes version, was hoping for something a bit more sincere and thoughtful but it just didn’t happen that way. And I didn’t [...]
My Trash, My Selfishness
I hate germs. And I can’t stand touching the door handle on the way into a public bathroom, but particularly so on the way out. So like some, I use the paper towel to open up the door handle on my way out. Sometimes–usually–there’s a trash can near the door on the way out. At [...]
Memories of Morristown
Recently I was visiting some family on the East Coast. Every time I’m in the area, I usually stop by the Hospital where my daughter was born–Royce–just about nine years ago. As many know, she was born very premature. I’ll skip the details of the story, I’m sure in accumulation or specifically I have a [...]
Goodbye, Univera
As many of you now know, yesterday with the internal team and today with the entire external field organization I announced publicly my resignation from Univera as the CEO of International. I’ll be wrapping up my time at Univera through the end of May. I have nothing but the greatest things to say about my [...]
Happy 5th Birthday Buddy
Here’s my annual disclaimer: The reason I write in my blog is to connect with people. Not just from one segment of life, but from many. Usually the focus revolves around finding your purpose, passion, and renewal. And as part of the thread of stories I try to share experiences and observations in leadership, volunteerism, [...]
Jake Shimabukuro
A simple song brings a simple message. Find your passion. Watch this guy, Jake Shimabukuro, play the Uke and ask yourself if this guy isn’t just amazingly passionate about what he does? With 50-years of training, I couldn’t do what he just did on this YouTube video. But, the point is that he couldn’t do [...]
What Could You Live Without?
This is a great story about a family that decided to take a plunge, and do something different. And while they went to a different extreme than most of us ever will, the premise stopped and made me think. Differently. And, hopefully, change the course of some decisions we make financially and for others. Thanks [...]
Authenticity…From a Friend
Here’s another one that I didn’t intent to post, but it was simply on my heart tonight. So here it is, full of imperfections, my vlog on “Authenticity…From a Friend.”
Prudence
Okay, so here it is…The vlog I’ve been postponing for ten days. Please, don’t even watch it. I was compelled to post it by a Beatles song from 40-years ago. Yeah, I know. It makes no sense. To me, either. I am just trying to follow a “sign.”
Happy New Year! Now, Let’s Just DO IT!
I used to scoff a bit at the New Year’s resolutions. But no more… Everybody needs a “restart.” It’s one of the things that made high school or college so great; every year, or ever Semester, you got a do-over. But once you get into working adulthood, the do-overs are a LOT less frequent, and [...]
My Final Drive in Dune…
On Wednesday night I went for one last drive. Forever. I’m a little obsessive about cars–and they don’t have to be expensive. I just am particular about, and have a love for, automobiles in general. Just like a Cowboy from the 1800′s would have felt about his horse, that’s how I feel about four wheels [...]
Where have all the payphones gone?
Kids do say the darndest things — often declarations or questions that inspire everything from barely-contained-giggles when what they say is just not right, to full out belted laughter. And then sometimes they say things that just plain make you feel, well…old. On just a casual outing a few weekends agao, Royce passed what we, [...]
Make Memories
In the summer of ’86 there was a great Wall Street Journal (hereinafter WSJ) article written about a Frozen Custard Stand in Lafayette, Indiana. I was 13 at the time. What was I doing reading the WSJ? Well, Friday night WSJ review nights, of course. Some of you know that every week we’d have “article [...]
The Fun Theory
Contrary to the title of this entry, I don’t think it’s a very deep or profound concept at all that people like to do things that are fun. When you’re able to take onerous chores and tasks and make them fun, everyone wins. I found this contest that the Volkswagen company is running called ‘The [...]
A Great Weekend
Starting next week (or possibly earlier) I’m going to be posting a few great links on the Direct Selling industry, as well as some info on our Company. Today, I’m just sharing some personal highlights from my past weekend. Erica went out of town for four days, so starting a week ago Thursday evening I [...]
10 Tips from Happy People
This one requires little intro or explanation. 10 Tips from Happy People Are you happy? It’s a simple question, but with numerous variables underlying it. What makes someone happy? Is there more than one route to happiness and more than one way to measure it? If you’re an economist or a social scientist, you may [...]