• There is nothing more important in the world than this. When you’re done reading this post, I’m confident that you’ll agree with me. Your happiness, success, your health, the job of your dreams, inner peace, true love, even your sanity depends solely on this one thing. It’s called the slash, and you cannot live another… [Continue Reading]

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  • Can I ask you for a favor? I want you to change the world. Really, I do. Are you ready to do this? Before you answer, it’s usually at this point where I start to lose some people. Changing the world by making it a more positive place always sounds like such a big deal.… [Continue Reading]

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  • On New Year’s Eve as I was lying in bed with my wife waiting for the ball to drop in Times Square, I silently asked myself a question that will undoubtedly shape my entire year, if not, my entire life. “If there is one thing that I would change in the world in 2013, what… [Continue Reading]

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A New Reality

The face says it all.

The face says it all.

Eight months.

Believe it or not, it has been 8 months since I launched Cubepiphany. Even saying that sounds strange, because it honestly feels like this blog has been a part of my life forever.

In a sense, it has.

The dream to make our workplaces (actually, our lives) more enjoyable and more positive has been a burning passion of mine ever since I was a teenager.

I’m currently 38 years old, so that means that I’ve had the same dream floating around in my brain for over 20 years.

That’s a long time.

Eight months ago, after years and years of just thinking about my lifelong dream, I finally decided to do something about it by launching the blog that you’re currently reading now.

Ever since I hesitantly hit the “Publish” button on Cubepiphany for the very first time 8 months ago, a lot of amazing things have happened in my life.

I’ve connected with people from all over the world.

I’ve made new and incredible friends.

I’ve gone to bed every night with a feeling that I’m making a difference.

Most of all, I confirmed to myself that this dream of mine isn’t a hobby, a passing fad, or a cool way to pass the time until I find something else interesting to do.

Without a shadow of a doubt, I have realized that this is how I plan to spend the rest of my life until the day that I die.

Because of this realization, I’ve also realized over the past few weeks that I need to do something very important.

It’s actually something that I should have done a long time ago.

It’s time for me to officially end Cubepiphany, forever. Continue reading…

What’s Really Important

What's really important to you?

What’s really important to you?

I know of quite a few coworkers, friends, and family members who usually respond to the “hey, how are you doing?” question in the same, predictable manner:

“Man, I’m SO busy.”

“Ugh, I’m busy as hell.”

“I’ve never been so busy in my life.”

Busy.

It’s almost as if that word carries with it some invisible street cred. I personally know of quite a few people who proudly rock “busy” as a shiny badge of honor.

Unfortunately, there’s nothing impressive about being “busy.”

We all know of at least one “busy” person in our lives who is always running around doing something, but in reality, he/she isn’t accomplishing a damn thing.

That’s because proudly saying that we’re busy all the time doesn’t mean that we’re actually doing anything important.

So, let’s start here with that critical word.

Important.

What is important, anyway?

Let’s be real, there is not one person reading these words who doesn’t have stuff to do–and a lot of it is very important.

It’s important to go to work in order to keep a roof over our heads and food on our plates.

It’s important to finish that proposal before the boss gets back into town next Monday.

It’s important to clean the house before our in-laws arrive this weekend.

I won’t argue that those things are important, but I will argue that there are other things in our lives that are equally as important, if not, much more so.

And sadly, sometimes we use “busy” as an excuse to put off those things.

For example:

Our kids tug on our shirt and excitedly ask us to play catch outside or play dress-up, but we’re too busy cleaning the house, cooking food, or writing blog posts (I’ll give you one guess who that last point was directed toward) to take the time to play with them.

Our significant other wants to have a meaningful conversation with us, but we’re too busy swiping through our iPhones or catching up on our favorite TV show to pay them our full attention.

Our parents haven’t heard from us in weeks, but we’re too busy with our daily lives to pick up the phone and give them a call.

Our friends have been trying to get us to go out for drinks for months, but we keep blowing them off because we’re too busy with all of the work that needs to be done at the office.

I’m going to challenge you in this post to deeply think about the following question:

Why is it more important to clean the house, write a blog post, or stay late at the office than it is to make genuine connections with the people in our lives who matter the most to us?

Tough question, isn’t it?

Or is it?

Either way, it may be time for all of us to re-evaluate what’s really important in our lives. Continue reading…

Guest Post: You Are Not Crazy For Wanting More

Why settle?

[Shola's note: Man, do I have an extra special treat for all of you! This week's post is written by the insanely fabulous Kelly Gurnett, founder of one of my all-time favorite blogs, Cordelia Calls It Quits. If you have never heard of Kelly before (first of all, where have you been?), it's time for [...]

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Never Too Late

Think that your time is up? Think again.

“It’s always too early to decide that it’s too late.” I read that quote a few days ago on the Facebook page of one of my favorite blogs, and ever since then, I cannot stop thinking about it. In life, it is far too common for people to believe deeply in the myth of “too [...]

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Defending Optimism

This poor guy is totally misunderstood.

Last week for April Fool’s Day, I wrote a blog post about how I was choosing to embrace a lifestyle of pessimism and misery over optimism and positivity, and surprisingly, I was able to “fool” quite a few of you guys (yes, I’m still shocked that I was able to pull that one off!) But [...]

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Keeping it Real

Keeping it real is harder than it looks.

***Okay, since April Fool’s Day is now over, I can safely say this: What you’re about to read is an April Fool’s joke! I don’t want any newbies to my blog thinking that I’ve lost my mind. But even with that said, it’s still definitely worth reading *** This post has been a long time [...]

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