Good. Better. Done. A blog about doing great work... and my mother.

“Time will magnify whatever you do. So even in the smallest matters, do what is right. — Ralph Marston   39 days ago, Hurricane Sandy hit New York City. It came. It flooded. But now the city — Manhattan, at least — is back to normal. Next week, I’ll grab the keys to a New (…)

“Slump? I ain’t in no slump. I just ain’t hitting.” — Yogi Berra   Over the years, I’ve developed a sixth sense for certain things during sporting events. Like many sports fans, I know exactly when to flick back to the game after a commercial break. Like other sports nuts, I can usually tell you (…)

It takes about 12 months for @united to create and then actually get a new meal choice on board #SMD4 — The Points Guy (@thepointsguy) November 15, 2012 Yes, you read that right: It takes a full year for United Airlines to get a new meal option onto a flight. It takes a full year (…)

Something changed in me this year. I know, because I was on the phone with a friend a few weeks ago. I was telling her about all the work I’m putting in with Stry and Very Quotatious and the fellowship, and she didn’t say anything. And then I saw her a few days later, and (…)

I have a friend who is studying to become a doctor. On test days, I’ll often get a text or an email from her, asking for a word of wisdom. She knows I’ve got a Delicious loaded with inspirational links and ideas, and I’ll dig through there and send her something. I love helping, and (…)

Today is my little brother’s 19th birthday. Exactly a year ago, I was thinking about how he’d just turned 18, and I wrote down this thought. I’m sharing it here on the Interwebs for the first time. Sam O turns 18 today. 18′s one of those unimportant important birthdays. He gets to do nothing special, (…)

I read this story last summer, and I didn’t fully understand it. I loved it, and I bookmarked it, and I read it a half-dozen times, but I didn’t really get it. It was about Bob Bradley, the former coach of the U.S. men’s soccer team. The story was by Luis Bueno, who used to (…)

Fast. It’s moving so damn fast. So many things to cross off the to-do list. So many things happening all at once. So many tasks. Knock one off, another one takes its place. Slow. It’s moving so damn slow. So much time between now and May, and May just won’t come. Why can’t it all (…)

Back on Aug. 1, 2010, I officially launched Stry. I was a month into my three-month stay in Biloxi. I wasn’t making any money, and I wasn’t really sure what was going to happen to me. That night, I wrote down this thought about my future. I’m sharing it here on the Interwebs for the (…)

It is 72 degrees in St. Louis today, and it is January. This, by itself, would be considered unusual, except that today, something even more unusual is happening: I am traveling on Amtrak. When I was a kid, living just outside Washington, D.C., I used to love traveling by train. I loved riding D.C.’s subway, (…)