NOTE: This was a very hard article to write, as it required revealing some vulnerabilities, which I hate doing. But I've come to realize that GOOD writing, the kind of writing that changes people, is about being willing to be vulnerable. This morning I had a reminder of something I felt needs sharing. I was driving to work and about 5 miles from home, I realized that I had not kissed my wife goodbye. I turned around and went home, and gave her a kiss godbye before heading back to work. It ...

For those who care, I haven't fallen off the end of the world. For those who don't, I still haven't. The other day, I was finishing off a mammoth problem for accounting. It was one of the hardest tasks I've undertaken, and at about 11:30PM the night before it was due, I was on the second to last step and discovered an error I had no clue where to find. I was devastated, and briefly the thought of withdrawing from the course popped into my head. Only briefly, though, because I quickly reminded...