Why I am Writing a Book Last November while running what was my first run longer than 5K with a friend and having what we describe as “gorgeous political discussion” it was suggested around mile three or four that I […]

Notes & Quotes: Steve Jobs, Founder and CEO of Apple
Notes & Quotes posts will be where I post links to the resources used in my book Corporate Empathy. I am starting with Steve Jobs who’s ideas on life and seeking purpose I have previously written about here. His 2005 Stanford University […]

Notes & Quotes: Walt Disney’s E.P.C.O.T. Project
Notes & Quotes are where I post links to and information about the resources used in my book Corporate Empathy. The video below describes Walt Disney’s vision for EPCOT and the Disney World project in Florida. The video was used […]

Corporate Empathy – My First Book
Empathy: The ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Corporate Empathy is the title of a book I began working on in December and am working hard to complete prior to this coming Wednesday. I have been given the […]

Spring already? 35 is going fast but so is my running!
It is now officially Spring. They same time flies when you are having fun and gets faster as you get older. Do some people become unhappy as they age in an effort to slow down time? Because the exponential effect of having […]

An Innovative Opportunity for Journalism: An Open Letter to the Poynter Institute and Tampa Bay Times
An Innovative Opportunity for Journalism An Open Letter to the Poynter Institute and Tampa Bay Times Since taking a handful of journalism and media classes in college, I have had a respect for, and interest in journalism and the art […]

Thoughts on Running, Tampa, Inspiration and the New Year
I am proud to say that I have completed my goal of running 200 miles in 2012. I ran 6.26 miles today bringing my total to 201.26 miles run outdoors. I did not set out this year to run 200 miles. […]

St Pete Times Re-brands to Tampa Bay Times – Can the Tribune Survive?
It’s not often we get to say simply, “I was right” but this morning I woke to some exciting news in an email blasted letter from Times Chairman and CEO Paul Tash. As I predicted in September here, the St Petersburg […]

Steve Jobs: Perseverance, Efficacy and Death’s Influence on Lifestyle Design
With the death of Steve Jobs we have lost a great creator, innovator, and inspiration. We have lost someone who understood the need to choose passion for life over work for the sake of work. We lost someone who, while wildly […]

With Komen 5K, my 2011 running goal is almost complete
Yesterday I completed the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 5K in downtown St Petersburg, my third of four planned competitive 5K’s for 2011. My final 2011 race will be Richard’s Run for Life on 11/4/2011 in Ybor City. I […]