I call them slow yeses. And they almost killed FlexScreen. Before FlexScreen existed, I was an independent sales rep selling parts to window manufacturers, and…
Joe Altieri
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Awareness Is Not Enough
Just because you know something is wrong doesn’t mean you’ll actually fix it. I learned this the hard way on a mountain bike trail, in…
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The Rock in the Room
Leaders often feel pressure to be the rock—always steady, always in control, always the one who holds it together when everything around them is falling…
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The Practice of Quitting
I’ve tried to learn guitar six times. Six times I bought into the idea. Six times I pictured myself actually being decent at it someday.…
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The Gift That Exposed Me
I’m not known for being an emotional person. I don’t wear my feelings on my sleeve, and I’m pretty comfortable with that. Ask anyone who…
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Why Not a Fork?
Vivvy handed me a fork. She’s two. She saw her Papa looking for something in the drawer and wanted to help, so she grabbed the…
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Cut the Anchor
We were anchored in the middle of a lake when the storm rolled in. A group of us had been jumping off rocks, floating around,…
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Give First
We were walking the property when she stopped. There was a stream cutting through the tree line and it dropped maybe six feet over a…
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Anything With Two Heads Is a Monster
My wife, Alisha, and I recently found ourselves in a double kayak, paddling through the mangroves outside Miami. Full disclosure: neither one of us had…
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Who Has the Ball?
I grew up playing a game called “Kill the Man with the Ball.” If you grew up in a neighborhood like mine, you already know…