Change It or Accept It?

I had lunch with a mentor last week and he closed lunch with this thought and it has been stuck in my head ever since:  There are two choices you are constantly making in your life, you either change things or accept them.  We make that choice hundreds of times a day and most of … Read more

Birthday Thoughts

Ever year on my birthday I always like to take an hour and write down some of the lessons I learned and quotes that have inspired and motived me over the year.   Here are some of my favorite from this year:  The only real things that matter in life are attitude and perspective. The … Read more

Remove CNNIC from OSX

After reading a few stories like this “Apple Leaves CNNIC Root in iOS, OSX Certificate Trust Lists” that didnt include instructions on how to remove them yourself I wrote a quick and ugly bash script that automatically removes the CNNIC and the China Internet Network Information Center EV Certificates Root certificates from OSX.  You can download it here. Use … Read more

5 Ways To Kill Your Dreams

I heard an amazing TED Talk on the way to work today and information was too good to not share.  Here are 5 guaranteed ways to kill your dreams:  Believe in overnight success.No one becomes successful over night.  We have been trained as a society to devalue work ethic and think that all success is instant.  … Read more

What is your time worth?

What is your time worth?  That is the question that started my lunch with a mentor last week. I thought for a second and did some quick math and then pulled $300 an hour number out of the air.  He laughed and gave me these two quotes: The price of anything is the amount of … Read more