Posts Tagged ‘Valencia’
House Hunters International Full Episode: The Hickeys Move To Valencia, Spain
WATCH READ In the daily grind of our work lives, it’s important to have some reflections about how things have gone for us over the past year. I do this exercise often, to calibrate a few different things. Number 1, to remind myself about “macro-patience and micro-speed” – two seemingly conflicting concepts, but when married…
Read MoreClearly You Love What You're Doing. Otherwise, Well…You Wouldn't Be Doing It, Right?
WATCH READ Real talk, I’ve been working really hard since I was about 15 years old. That’s when I first realized I could make money as a turntableist / (DJ), spinning records. Yep, spinning hip-hop records at parties. I invested in my own set-up, as a high school junior, I bought turntables, a mixer,…
Read MoreHappy Anniversary Jones! 13 Years Ago Today!
READ I believe in “the journey,” “the process,” in really truly working hard to build something special, and that the daily grind of that process should be what you fall in love with, NOT some “end result” or “big payoff” or “greater thing.” The greatest thing is right in front of you, all the time.…
Read MoreTo Valencia, Spain From Nashville: When You Don't Need Much, There's Always Room For More
READ About a year ago I started realizing I didn’t need “that much.” My family, my laptop. My phone. A pair of socks and running shoes. That’s pretty much it. The family for the people I love. The phone to keep in touch with the rest of the people I love, and the laptop to…
Read MoreLeadership Lessons: Let Others Lead
READ I thought I was a leader earlier in my career. But it wasn’t until I realized I was failing by trying to do everything myself that I actually started to become one. I realized I was being the opposite of a leader. Later, by necessity, I had to learn to let others lead. Whether…
Read MoreService Businesses Must Have The Patience Of Soccer (Futbol) Players
READ As you may know by now, I’m a HUGE Sports Fan. And from “growing up in the Sports Business,” I constantly equate Sports with Business. There are just so many similarities that the analogies are endless. Case in point, I’ve NEVER been a huge soccer / futbol fan. But since my family and I…
Read MoreHaving Patience With The Process
READ Patience With The Process. I’m on a flight to my new home, Valencia, Spain. I was just explaining to my 8-year old son Max the concept behind the phrase “hurry up and wait.” I think the first time I heard this phrase was around 2011 when I really started working in the “digital agency…
Read MoreMy New Love For Nature
READ Recently I was asked in an interview what my favorite trip was as a kid. I was going into 5th or 6th grade and my parents took me on an awesome road trip from our home in Michigan to Philadelphia, New York City and Boston, as well as Upstate New York, Vermont, New Hampshire…
Read MoreMy 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…
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