Author: Joey

Day 5 This post is a part of a series on my three and a half week adventure road tripping … Continue ReadingWest Coast Trip, July 26th, 2018

“I know I don’t need it, but the features they offered were too good to pass up!” How many times … Continue ReadingGood Copywriting And How It’s Made

Day 4 This post is a part of a series on my three and a half week adventure road tripping … Continue ReadingWest Coast Trip, July 25th, 2018

One of the greatest things about life is that it’s super consistent and never throws curveballs at you. You always … Continue ReadingWhen It Rains It Pours

Day 3 This post is a part of a series on my three and a half week adventure road tripping … Continue ReadingWest Coast Trip, July 24th, 2018

You are on a mountain top. You have spent the last 16 hours getting to this point. The view is … Continue Reading3 Reasons You Should Travel With Friends

Day 2 This post is a part of a series on my three and a half week adventure road tripping … Continue ReadingWest Coast Trip, July 23rd, 2018

You’ve been driving all day. You are tired, grumpy, and hungry. All you want is go to a room by … Continue Reading3 Reasons To Stay At A Friends’ House When Traveling

Day 1 This post is a part of a series on my three and a half week adventure road tripping … Continue ReadingWest Coast Trip, July 22nd, 2018

Last night, in the final minutes of regulation play in the NFC championship game between the New Orleans Saints and … Continue ReadingSmall Decisions And Their Effect On The World: Saints Lose In Overtime

Imagine this: you run a competitive baseball team. Two people approach you about playing on the team. One of them … Continue ReadingA Value Proposition

How often is your reaction to someone saying something you don’t like to simply stop listening to the rest of … Continue ReadingChew The Meat, Spit Out The Bones

No doubt you’ve heard the saying “Spend time around people who bring out the best in you.” I want to … Continue ReadingSpend Time Around People Who Bring Out The Worst In You

This post is part 4 of a series on my adventure going to a year-long training program in the remote … Continue ReadingAdaptation And The Master’s Mission (Part 4: Finishing Strong)

This post is part 3 of a series on my adventure going to a year-long training program in the remote … Continue ReadingAdaptation And The Master’s Mission (Part 3: The First Month)

This post is part of a series on my adventure going to a year-long training program in the remote mountains … Continue ReadingAdaptation And The Master’s Mission (Part 2: First Impressions)

This post is the first part of a series on my adventure going to a year-long training program in the … Continue ReadingAdaptation And The Master’s Mission (Part 1: Initiation)

“I will do that tomorrow because I am a less valuable person tomorrow.” While this is not what most people … Continue ReadingProcrastination Assessment

I’ve been listening to the Office Hours podcast recently, and Isaac, one of the hosts, made a quick reference in … Continue ReadingThe Do’s And Don’t’s Of Social Media

“Do you smoke a lot of weed?” Believe it or not, this was a question that I was asked on … Continue ReadingThe Thing About Dreadlocks

I spent one year living on a mountain in a cabin with no electricity (more on why in a future … Continue Reading7 Things I Learned Living Without Electricity For A Year

I work at a restaurant, so at our annual Christmas party, part of the “gift” to the employees is that … Continue ReadingWhy Get Drunk?

Have you ever walked into a house and thought, “something doesn’t feel right”? Or maybe you’re reading an article and … Continue ReadingProfessional Only Misconstructions

Sometimes, I’m not inspired to write essay style posts. However, I’m also not a poet. Because of this, when Inspired … Continue ReadingBeauty Is Everywhere

“People never plan to fail, but rarely do they plan not to.” I heard this today in the context of … Continue ReadingHow To Plan For Success And Stop Making Excuses (Lessons For A Medieval Knight)

The last three months, I have been learning a lot about creating my personal brand. What does this mean? Some … Continue ReadingWhat Is Your Brand, And Who Is It For?

The Oxford Dictionary defines successful as – #1 Accomplishing a desired aim or result. #2 having achieved fame, wealth, or … Continue ReadingHow Do You Define Success?

I recently had a conversation with a friend of mine who went to college and graduated a couple of years … Continue ReadingStart Doing Things You Don’t Hate

Have you ever seen someone in a situation where they are not content or happy where they are? Maybe it … Continue ReadingWhat I’ve Learned From Breathing

5 years ago, New Year’s Day was a snowy day in Derby, KS. My parent’s had their annual New Year’s … Continue ReadingTradition Doesn’t Care About The Weather