My wife Sana and I just watched the biopic of the great Frank Sinatra on Netflix. If you’re in the market for a great watch, I highly recommend it. I’ve always been a fan of Sinatra, even though he was before my time, and this documentary revealed a lot about his personality, principles, convictions, (sometimes…

This past week, my colleague Jim Lambie sent me a Voxer message about a podcast recording he had just done. Like anyone beginning something brand new like a podcast – especially one that was already going like the musicpreneur.com podcast – Jim is still a bit unsure of himself and was a little bit hesitant…

One of my favorite memories from my childhood was visiting my great uncle Bob at his property in Tenstrike, MN. It’s about a 5 hour drive north of the Twin Cities where I spent most of my childhood. Uncle Bob’s property was very large, probably 10 acres or so, and he loved to garden. He…

I was perusing real estate listings in the Virginia Beach area the other day. That’s where Sana and I will be living permanently once her visa to reside in the U.S. is approved (and we received some good news on that front this past weekend, fingers crossed.) Of course there’s like a kajillion listings, so…

Throughout my working life, I don’t know how many times I’ve heard the complaint, “There’s too many chiefs, and not enough indians.” This outdated, immensely offensive in certain circles of society analogy refers to everyone in an organization being in charge of something, but no one seems to be available to do the actual work. I…

A couple of years ago, I was performing a solo concert in Virginia Beach. Well, I was one of a few featured soloists for this event, so it wasn’t just me, but I was playing several solos. I was due for a haircut, so I went to the barber down the road. I wanted to…

Last week, I was given the task of republishing an episode one of my clients originally published a couple of years ago. I guess an interview fell through at the last minute, and we were in need of something. So, having a backup plan, we had identified an episode from the past we could use…

Funny how time and experience shifts our priorities in life. I’ve had a few jam sessions playing trumpet and cornet with a very talented pianist here in Hung Yen, Vietnam over the last couple of weeks. And I decided I would commit to doing a few concerts with him this summer and fall. What’s interesting is that…

I just read an interesting email from an online marketer I subscribe to. He was talking about the illusion of constantly working on one’s business, or job, or what have you. One of the people this person mentioned who preaches the need to work constantly is Gary Vaynerchuk I’m not a huge fan of Gary…

Or better put, what if each failure contributed to overall success? Success and failure can be a bit deceiving when viewed on the surface. To take the illustration of the iceberg, which you see only a small portion above water. A man appears to be successful. Lots of money, nice cars, a beautiful woman at…