What if you could multiply what I just said 10, 20, or even 100 times? That’s how it can change lives. #incredible
People sometimes ask what makes me an expert? I tell them nothing. I’m just a guy who thinks a single conversation or story can help people find career paths that they didn’t know existed. I strive to help people ask the right questions and think about things a little differently. Life and Careers are about asking the right questions and meeting the right people. Please ask me anything, or just subscribe to the The Squab feed via RSS or Emailto receive notifications of new posts.
The day after I wrote this post and started editing it, I found Ms. Career Girl’s post, “The Best Education is Self-Education,” and Matt Chevy’s “I’ll Never Go Back to School,” which are both great reads. I want to dig a little deeper, ask some different questions, and think about it from another angle though. Before I start with my thoughts on college degrees and questioning the value of them, please know that I believe ongoing education is one of the most important parts of life and can honestly say that Self-Education has taught me more than anything. I also understand that Medical Doctors, Lawyers, and Bio-Molecular Engineering probably need years in a classroom. This is more about the ‘other’ majors, and I find myself thinking about this subject a lot lately when I see my student loans every month and the career path I took is a completely different route than what I studied in college, Finance and Economics. Sometimes you just have to wonder if you really needed that $60,000 piece of paper? Lately, mainly because of the free information era we live in, I feel that I have learned more over the last year than the past 6 combined. It is no longer about the resources available to us because we are only limited by our willingness to learn. Everything is out there and the best part is that it’s free. The bigger problem is knowing where to look. Here are 5 questions that I sometimes wonder about…
This year for Christmas I decided to do something a little different. I feel like many families, like mine, buy gifts just for the sake of having something to give regardless of what the gift is. Many families come together at Christmas yet rarely talk throughout the year. I was determined to change that this year and try to help our family build better relationships with each other. I also decided to give the money I saved on gifts to St. Jude instead. In the end, the only thing we truly have are relationships. This is the first podcast on The Squab and I hope you find this as a guide to careers and life in general.
Recently I had an old college friend tell me I was “lucky.” I didn’t really know what that meant. Was I? Am I? I don’t even know what luck really is. What I do know is that I am always striving to learn and achieve greater in life and I am truly thankful for so many great opportunities that I have had (music, my job, co-founding a company, learning/enjoying html/css). Is that what luck is? After thinking about “luck” for a while, I came up with this little chart and a made-up phrase, “True Luck.” I would argue that the moment in time in which an opportunity occurs could be considered “luck,” but without being prepared for that moment you may never have known that the opportunity was right in front of you, thus never feeling “lucky.” If you are not prepared then you may never seize any opportunity. Therefore, I believe that being “lucky” isn’t about luck at all, and I am not alone. After a quick google search I realized that people have shared my idea for centuries. Here are some of the quotes that stood out about luck. Continue Reading
The day after I wrote this post and started editing it, I found 
This year for Christmas I decided to do something a little different. I feel like many families, like mine, 
Recently I had an old college friend tell me I was “lucky.” I didn’t 
