Lance beaumont

Here is a great cartoon depicting the state of standardized testing in the US and the rapidly declining arts/culture education.    

I love quotes. I write them down everywhere. Here is a great quote from Theodore Roosevelt I picked up from nomeatathlete.com. “It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man [...]

“A worker’s appetite works for him, for his hunger urges him on.” Proverbs 16:26 Staying focused on your goals is extremely difficult in the age of always “on”. Being derailed from your to-dos and even loosing clarity as it relates to your goals happens far too easily. Currently I am involved in a lengthy research [...]

I admit that I am a huge Robin Sharma fan.  Years ago I stumbled upon his blog, downloaded a few articles, and purchased his bestselling book The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari.  Sharma is a business coach/leadership guru and best-selling author (The Leader Who Had No Title is his latest book – highly recommend).  In [...]

Popular musicians spend a great deal of time listening to and copying records.  Most of them do this without the aid of a master teacher.  Through listening to music, usually a singular genre, extensively, popular musicians develop their ears to the point where chord changes and melodic/solo ideas can be played on their instrument. As [...]

I have decided to not allow comments on my posts.  It has become clear that 99% of the comments submitted for approval have been spam.  I’m sure that most of the spammers have read Gary Vaynerchuk‘s book Crush It! and decided that a blog was the best way to get rich.  Sidebar: Vaynerchuk’s book is [...]