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Category: 3-in-1

3-in-1 post on D.O. and CEOs

Thrice in my lifetime have I met standing CEOs of relatively large (if not just plain large) companies. What follows are the stories I’ve taken with me from each of these experiences. I My junior year in college, I met Bob Nardelli — then CEO of Home Depot — after a lecture he’d given to [...]

3-in-1 post on another wedding weekend

This past weekend I had the immense joy, pleasure, and blessing of spending time with some of my beloved brothers as we journeyed to a sister’s wedding. Jon and I flew from opposite coasts to Dallas where we met Colby for a 5 hour drive South to La’s wedding in Kerrville, TX. The following events, [...]

3-in-1 post on mortality

If somebody asked me today where I would go if I could go anywhere, I think I’d bend the conventional rules of the question by answering “my own funeral.” I’ve not been to a ton of funerals, but the ones I have attended always bring the same thought processes to mind. I think, “how cool [...]