Husband. Father. Writer. Entrepreneur. Maybe a bit crazy.
Here’s an incredible understatement: the last two years have been really, really hard for a lot of people. There isn’t room enough to catalog the trials, challenges, and grief that billions of people have endured in the last few years…
When I was a young man, I went snake hunting while on a boating activity with a number of youth from my area. I ended up catching a snake that I intended to take home. In the process of preparing…
We’ve all heard or read them before: 10,000 hours to get good at something. 23 minutes to refocus after an interruption. 10,000 steps a day are required for optimal health. Your BMI must be between 18 and 24 for you…
At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, I often found myself staring at the seemingly innumerable (and ever-increasing) dashboards and graphics displaying how the number of cases skyrocketed daily. Some of the charts presented the data in the most informational…
For thousands of years, out societal structure has been in the making. To swim against so strong a current takes a lot of willpower. Society has also imposed certain expectations on us. At times, we are the imposers as we…
I run. I have a friend training for a marathon. Today, he and I ran 20 miles. It rained all night, stopping only minutes before we left. At one point during the run, it even snowed lightly. And yet we…
My wife and I attended the University of Utah at the same time. She graduated at the very top of her class in pharmacy. I graduated firmly nestled in the middle third of my mechanical engineering class. Before we married…
My paternal grandfather, Joseph Colclough¹, who would have been 100 years old just a few days ago, was a Depression era child. He fought in World War II, stationed on the U.S.S. Caravan — a minesweeper. (Not many jobs more…
I love reading! When I was in primary (elementary) school, for each high mark I got on my report cards, my parents would buy me a book. Back then, it was anything written by a group of authors all using…
I was 16 years old when I made up my mind to become a mechanical engineer professionally. With that goal before me, I studied advanced math and computer programming during my high school career. When I started my university education…
Growing up, I had a true best friend. We are only 6 days apart. We did practically everything together. When you’re a kid, you don’t notice a lot of things. It didn’t dawn on me until much later in life…
I open this article by talking about my faith tradition, but this actually isn’t an article about religion — not exclusively anyway. Each morning, I spend time studying the religious texts used in my church. In the vernacular, they’re known…
Imagine that you and I are sitting across from one another in a cafe. You observe that I am wearing a shirt which appears red. Now imagine that I am 3,000ft below the ocean’s surface in a glass-bubble submarine that…
I’m a big fan of Thomas Oppong’s writing on Medium. He has a lot of wonderful insights. I think he does a really good job of articulating his message in an engaging way with good word economy. It’s no wonder…
Today, I’m not going to show you how to 10x your productivity or 5x your reading speed while increasing your retention 14.7-fold. I’m not going to show you how to get 3x more done before most people make it to…
