I do this supremely dorky thing in the morning before I even open my eyes: I smile. The sun streams directly through my window and onto my face, making me feel like I’m starring in my own Downy commercial. Every morning. And as much as I laugh at myself, for doing this, I do it […]

The people in my life are going to stop talking to me because they find themselves on my blog the next day. That’s my friend Jennifer in the photo. Whenever I go out mountain biking with her, we usually detour from the plan. She always has a better way. “If we go this way…,” it […]

This post is dedicated to the one who knows. She is too shy to be named, but we are all her so it doesn’t matter. We are going in ten million directions. And we’re in stimulus overload. We constantly have ideas so we make lists and take notes. They are everywhere – the notebook by […]

When I originally founded Big Leap in 2004, the plan was to grow an agency, get acquired, and retire to a countryside home in the South of France. No big deal, right? At the time, that’s what success meant to me; building a team, something bigger than I. I’ve learned a lot about myself and […]

Few things drive me crazier than when I go out to a restaurant and look down at my plate disappointingly thinking: “I could have done this better at home.” You ordered the flatbread appetizer but it’s more like toaster oven pita bread with shredded cheddar and bacon bits. I’m willing to bet something like this […]

The starting line adrenaline/jitters were coursing through my body, and I was excited to be racing again. I was entered for the 15K and we were lined up for the Schweitzer Nordic Extreme Race. My friend Alex gave my skate skis the wax love and I had my breakfast of soft boiled eggs on sweet […]