Life isn’t about saying “yes” to anything. But it also isn’t about saying “No” to everything. Many times I have heard the phrase that someone was too busy, or had circumstances that prevented them from performing certain actions. The point of the matter is we are only as busy as the things we don’t want
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During my college years I became a fan of and friends with the guys in a Berks County, PA band named John Flywheel. Crunchy guitars, catchy choruses, a backbeat you could drive a truck through, and just enough musical flash to give you a groove and a bass line that made you actually air-bass. Jeff
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When I first moved to Nashville back in 1995 it was to become a recording engineer. I didn’t care about making music. I couldn’t even play an instrument (and I still can’t). But I wanted to be the technical guy behind the scenes moving the levels and the knobs. Unfortunately for me, there is a
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A few weeks ago I was driving in Maryland and came across a freshly pave section of roadway. It was smooth, quiet, and fast. It was an amazing contrast to the bumps and grinds of the previous 5 miles. The problem? The lines in the road. I have never seen a worse set of divider
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