PH Memoirs
My Favorite Day In A While
READ For several months now, I haven’t been nervous about moving abroad to Spain, nor have I been nervous about operating my business from Spain, but I’ve been anxiously awaiting the feeling of actually doing it. One of the common threads among small business owners that I interact with consistently on a daily basis is…
Read MoreMapping Career Decisions To Personal Goals
READ I had an interesting conversation with a co-worker lately. I pride myself on having a sort of “intuitive alarm” related to interpersonal communications. With clients With co-workers This is NOT me saying I’m always right, or that my alarm doesn’t go off prematurely or leave me “terribly late for my flight” (if you know…
Read MoreThe Relentless Pursuit of Productivity
READ One year ago, I was commuting from Spring Hill to our rented office space in East Nashville. I was spending 2.5 hours in the car every day. Fighting. Traffic. And those were just they days that I wasn’t driving around various pockets of Nashville meeting with people. Now, the meetings and relationships I’ve built…
Read MoreYou Can Change Your "Normal"
READ This post is about two things that in my mind, have a lot in common; running a marathon and running a business. It’s true that both require patience, the ability to know when to pace yourself and when to all out sprint. But this is about more than that. It’s about human capabilities. I…
Read MoreFitness, Fear, Insecurities, Flushing Out Negativity
READ I really appreciate when you can take one part of your life and apply it to another to create positive momentum. Fitness and Business are those parallels to me. Of course, family is woven into everything, so putting it all together takes extreme focus – for me anyway. A quick story…my favorite boxing trainer…
Read MoreEverything Is Good Luck
READ Me to my kids: “Guys, did you know it’s good luck when you see the sun and the moon at the same time?” My kids to me: DAAAAAAD, you say EVERYTHING is good luck.” They’re onto something. A positive attitude. Telling yourself something is good luck is the first step towards having a great…
Read MoreA Fun Conversation About My First Web Business
WATCH READ I can remember just constantly thinking about Fantasy Football. It was an obsession from 2005-2015. Part of the excitement was playing, but most of the excitement was building a successful side hustle business around it. My love and passion for the strategy and competition, led me to just constantly have thoughts, hypothesis and…
Read MoreThe only belief that matters is yours
READ The only belief that matters is yours. They’ll tell you you’re “too short,” or maybe “too fat, not cool enough, not pretty enough or not smart enough” or all of these. That’s good. Good for you. These are opportunities. These are opportunities to put a chip on your shoulder. This is also sweet because…
Read MoreSuperhero Origin Stories And Why They're Important
READ Tragedies Suck. Don’t get me wrong. And sometimes things don’t “happen for a reason.” We all have our “shit,” as I like to tell myself, but I’m to the point in my life where I’m obviously very okay with talking about mine, and writing about my perspective and how events in my life have…
Read MoreThe Only Thing I Could Possibly Write About Today: Happy Mother's Day!
READ Happy Mother’s Day to the love of my life Kate, my wonderful mom Mary Jo, my mother-in-law Mary, my Grandma Rose Hickey who I love with all my heart, and my sweet Grandma Manya Gerber, who has always cared for me and loved me dearly. And to my Nana- Shirley Siegal, who passed on…
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