Life, Prioritized

The World Is In Your Grasp

Matt — Fri, 03 May 2013 11:47:35 +0000

A word of encouragement and advice for all the soon-to-be college graduates. Yes, I know the job market is down, it’s tough to latch on, and earning power is lower. Doesn’t matter. The World Is In Your Grasp What does matter are the opportunities and tools available to you to make a difference. Start a [...]

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Why Small Businesses are the New Farming Class

Matt — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:30:19 +0000

The United States actually began as a society of small businesses, we just don’t think of early agriculture that way. During colonial times, nearly 90% of Americans made their living through farming and ranching. While most farms were used to provide for the family and community, regional shipping was common as farms became modernized. But for the [...]

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Why Long Lists are Egotistical – and The Five Best Business Books I’ve Ever Read

Matt — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:30:18 +0000

Let’s say you’re visiting a new city, and you love eating at local restaurants. A friend has been to this city, and also enjoys scoping out local eats. So of course, you ask him what he recommends, and long lists usually follow. “You’ve got to eat at Sunny Pointe Cafe for breakfast, and then 12 [...]

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How Running Taught Me to Grind

Matt — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:30:28 +0000

Running has become a great teacher in my life, but it didn’t start that way. The value of work and contribution was instilled in me at an early age. I had chores, mowed the lawn, washed cars, vacuumed, all sorts of around-the-house work. My first cash job was assembling trophies at the shop of my [...]

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Little Ways to Feel Awesome Every Day

Matt — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 09:30:19 +0000

We have the opportunity to feel awesome every day. But we have a problem. Humans over-complicate life. We put together crazy diets, when eating balanced, healthy meals will work. We spend millions each year on gym memberships and personal trainers, when we can create an efficient workout at home or in the yard. We stress [...]

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7 Tips for Prioritizing Your Food and Fitness

Matt — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:30:05 +0000

This post has been picked up by LifeHacker, awesome! If you’ve landed here from LifeHacker, I built a special page just for you! We live busy lives, shuttling back and forth between home, jobs, social events, and many other commitments. At times, we feel there is no time to exercise, or we have no choice [...]

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The Thrill & Terror of Being “Live”

Matt — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:57:43 +0000

This post was originally republished on the Ignite Asheville website. I spoke at Ignite on February 19, and the experience was amazing, while also being terrifying! Never have I felt the Resistance so strongly, which of course also meant this was really important. Last month, I was fortunate to be able to give a presentation at [...]

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Bad Habits Aren’t the Only Challenge

Matt — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:30:37 +0000

Pinpointing our bad habits is easy. We should stop smoking, over-eating, all the seven deadly sins are pretty obvious. Naming a bad habit still doesn’t make it easy to change, but that’s not what concerns me these days. What concerns me, and challenges me, is too many good habits! Exercise is a good habit, but [...]

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Are You Settling for Lesser Things?

Matt — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:30:44 +0000

I was raised Southern Baptist, a preacher’s kid of a preacher’s kid. To us, Lent was not something we practiced, I don’t recall really knowing about it until High School. Now that I’m more of a Presbyterian and attempting to follow the Liturgical calendar, I’m aware of Lent, but haven’t really practiced “giving up” something [...]

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No Substitute for Doing the Work

Matt — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:30:22 +0000

This past Saturday, I ran the Mount Mitchell Challenge, an epic run that stretched from Black Mountain to the top of Mount Mitchell, the highest point east of the Mississippi. I ran better than I expected, finishing the 36 mile course in 6 hours, 37 minutes. But race day was just the finishing touch on [...]

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Information Hoarding and the Value of Action

Matt — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:30:33 +0000

There is more information available to us now than at any point in history. Millions of blogs exist (Technorati counted approx. 164 million in June 2011), social media accounts, books and people giving advice. There are smart, generous people who are giving away their advice for pennies on the dollar, and in theory, you can [...]

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Why I bought a Chromebook instead of an iPad

Matt — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:25:09 +0000

Last week, I bought a Samsung Chromebook. My wife and I had reached a point where we needed another device besides the Macbook, which was accelerated by selling off her old HP laptop. Between her new website needs, namely video editing, and learning Excel, for Statistics, it became clear she needed to use the Macbook [...]

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