The decision to accept myself for who I am. When I stopped trying to become who I felt the world wanted me to be, everything started to slowly piece itself together. That, alongside with when I redefined success to be measured by the impact I made on others as opposed to the impact on my … Read more
If your mom is my mom, then that’s a tough one. If you mean she was right all along as in she’s going to force me to take care of her until she grows old, then I guess she was right all along, as she’s currently sitting on my sofa watching Netflix on an iPad … Read more
This post was written in 2014. How do we mix wonderful and horrid into the same timeframe. Oh wait, isn’t that just the story and foundation of my life? My year had started out wonderfully. I was living on a high of being named a Top Writer and had just hit 2 million views on … Read more
Not being able to kill myself. Everything in life went wrong. I was working at a dead end job. I lost my lover. I was betrayed. I was sleeping on a sofa. I had nothing. I was completely defeated. I didn’t want tomorrow to ever come again. I thought that life just couldn’t get any … Read more
Who in the world knows what I wanted to be when I was a kid. Actually, I didn’t know myself, so I just asked my mom. She said I don’t know, ask grandma. So I called my grandma to ask her. My grandma said when I was a little boy, she asked me if I … Read more
This is how I overcame my biggest business challenge. The content is inspired by the Office Depot Business Solutions Center as part of a sponsored post for Socialstars #GearLove Throughout the last decade, I have started a lot of businesses. Some of them worked for a certain amount of time, earning as much as $50,000 … Read more
By having a puppy lick away your tears each morning. Oh wait, that only works in the movies. Or if you’re really sad. I wish I had a puppy… Woof woof. Actually, I take that back. This is what Stogie looked like when he had to stay with me for a week. This is what … Read more
When I was 19 or 20, probably 19, my mommy told me, “You pay car. You pay apartment. I go Hawaii now. Bye!” I stared at her in disbelief. I was working at Macy’s earning about $1,800 a month selling women’s shoes. There was no way in the world I could cover all these bills. … Read more
Someone on Quora asked: If you were starting a technology startup and you have no skills, would you learn sales, design, or programming first? If not those 3 avenues, what would you learn first? Then second? This was my response: When I was 22, I tried to make my own single founder startup. I failed, … Read more
On Quora someone asked: What did Jim Carrey actually mean when he says “I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer”? Do you have evidence to justify it? This was my response: Jim Carrey means that everyone … Read more