Did you know there are 43 huge sculpted busts of all the US Presidents (except Obama and Trump) that are rotting away on a random farm in Southern Virginia? Just so happens I was in the area yesterday and found the farm after searching for a bit. These large 20-foot-tall busts were once in an amusement park, but they were abandoned a few years ago and now they’re rotting away behind a gravel field about 30 miles NW of Newport News, Virginia. They’re stacked next to each other on a private farm — what was unknown to me (and is still unknown) is […]
My Mantra
I travel the world for work… I explore the world for fun. My job takes me just about everywhere in the world. I’m the VP of Sales and Marketing for a technology company (we sell crane simulators and other high-end simulator systems). We have clients on 5 continents and I keep in touch with colleagues, partners, clients and friends all across the globe. I travel about 50% of the time and you’ll find me in places like New York City, Bangkok, Amsterdam, Rio De Janeiro (and a whole lot of places in between) usually wearing my blue Bluffworks® Blazer..
Theory 98: Rewriting History
Funny how we rewrite history in our own minds. Whether it’s in business, or (most often) in our personal lives… I’ve come to believe it’s human nature to remember things differently then they actually were… it’s almost as if our memory is impacted by our wishes, desires, and biases. I think this phenomenon occurs especially when there’s been a relationship change… perhaps a friendship has gone sour or maybe a bad circumstance has ended a business association…. or in many cases… maybe we’ve just lost contact with a once-close friend. I’ve seen it time-and-time again… it’s so easy to […]
