Your Best Days Are Built In Community

There’s something about a good “lone-wolf” story. Eli in “The Book of Eli”, the Mariner in “Waterworld”, Rambo. They inspire the soul. They are bad to the bone, and don’t take crap from anyone. They stand up for injustice, and fight against impossible odds to victory. I love it. … It’s just…that’s not real life.

Redefine Failure

The only true failure is letting fear win and not giving it your best damn shot.

I Broke The Streak

I kept thinking to myself, “Does any of this really matter? Who even cares what I have to say?” … after posting every day for 20 days, I got 18 page views on this site from 5 people. (Lower than last month where I didn’t post anything) A bit disheartening to say the least.

Day 40 of #75hard

There is no more “on-again-off-again” Josh. He died October 6th, 2021. Gone are the days where I drift through life and half-heartedly attempt new ventures before giving up.

Just Start

While knowledge is valuable (and learning from other’s mistakes can add decades back to your life), experience (and implicitly failure) is required to grow. You shouldn’t be afraid of failure. Failure is critical, and can often lead to more progress than success.

Tearing the Veil of Credentials

I’m starting to think that credentials don’t matter in the slightest. … Attaining my PMP credential was a fairly simple exercise in memorization and doing enough practice tests. It is difficult, don’t get me wrong, but the act of getting a PMP is a completely different skill set than being an excellent project manager.

There is Hope for your Finances

It seems overwhelming, and in the beginning it always is. But, I’m here to tell you it can be done! … You are not who you will be in 5 years. You CAN make the big decisions to change your financial trajectory. I believe in you.

How I Got My PMP for the Price of a Good Burger

The typical cost of getting a PMP is around $2,500 including exam fees. I got mine for exactly $12.99 using a combo of online courses, free resources, and corporate reimbursement for test fees. Here is my exact and repeatable approach to get "Above Target" grades on all Knowledge Areas on the PMP exam:

Growing a Twitter Audience (Up 43% in 8-weeks)

On May 30th, I had 124 followers and barely 100 tweets in 5 years. Eight weeks later, I'm happy to report that I have 178 followers (even got one while I was writing this)! That may not sound like a lot to you, but I see it as a 43% increase and I've been having a great time adding value to them and hopefully making them laugh a few times along the way.