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I keep falling into the trap of rigid productivity, and neglecting to realize the benefits of play. But I've got a playlist to help with that now.

I cannot wait to welcome and expand FYZICAL to help strengthen and support the wonderful people in St George and surrounding areas, to help grow the teams that will make that happen, and to help build and contribute to the physical therapy, wellness, and small business communities here. Check out the origin story here.

Knowing the roles and characteristics you care about most is core - it can inform every decision and keep motivating you to take action to become the person you know you can be. So how do you come up with this?

I never imagined I would be saying this: I'm making a big career change.

I've long realized that unstructured time is critical for teams, and I track that along with other typical operations factors to help keep team and system health up. So why am I not doing this more in my own life? I surely can extend this practice and apply it to help me live my best life, is my working assumption here.

For everyone who thinks technology is about hardware and operative systems and virtualization and containers and databases and networks and APIs and all … If you focus on the systems and software (or the money even) so much that you have less sight of the people involved, your users and your engineers, you’re doing technology wrong.

A year after I made some big moves, deciding to turn away from my dream job and zip code, I've got the additional time and mental energy I was after, and I've learned and processed so much as a result. Catch up on what I discovered about management and individual contributing as a result, and what tropical beauty and growth really are.

I recently watched David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived, a movie about the stunt double for Daniel Radcliffe while filming the Harry Potter movies. He was in an accident on set while filming the next to the last movie, which left him paralyzed. And with hall the challenges, and there are so many [...]

I lived on the big island of Hawaii for five years, and am often asked what I miss and what I recommend, so here is that quick list. And see the slide show at the end for a quick overview of Hawaii in general. Kona and Kohala My favorite beaches: Makalawena is hands [...]

I was once blamed for toxic positivity, where one doesn't acknowledge the very real feelings associated with thoughts about certain events, or worse, where one pressures people to suppress those thoughts and feelings or attempts to convince them that they are wrong. Mind you, it is okay to share your own different opinions, [...]