Woe to the man that tramples on that which is sacred.  There is no hell hot enough for someone that promotes the destruction of our species. Personally: The desire to connect The desire to learn. The desire to help. The desire to think. The desire for exaltation. The zest for life. The desire for [...]

So baby Ruby is born.  I’m excited, couldn’t be happier.  Love my wife, love my kids, and I love the world that they get to be in.  I’m going to take on more work, and put forth a greater effort going forward.  For the few of you out there that want to help, you [...]

Every time you buy a product or service online…the second before you do, google the site name + affiliate, discount, promotions, and offers. Just got a very long trial of e-junkie because of this. And thanks to Cris for the heads up on e-junkie. Makes buttons like this one: $13.50 for volumes 1&2, [...]

Every salesperson fancies himself a sales trainer, a sales manager, a sales ‘guru’ of sorts.   I am, I guess, not different in this regard.   Part of this desire is innate; the same skills that lead us to want to enter sales (i.e. wanting to connect, wanting to help) make us want to help other [...]

Yesterday afternoon, about 3pm, I get a phone call.

Me: “Hello, this is Chris.”

“Is this Chris Johnson?”

“Yes, this is.”

“This is Rusty Skills*–I sold you your minivan last year.”

This was true–I recognized his voice, and I bought a new-to-us minivan from him in December of ‘06. The experience was quick, relatively painless, we didn’t negotiate [...]