It’s hard to believe it’s been 13 years since we launched 2BigFeet.com. More than 13 years since we were brainstorming in a back office of Shorewood Packaging about building a website for guys who couldn’t find shoes in their size. I’ve spent more than 40% of my life, and virtually all of my adult life, [...]
We all get stumped from time to time... we can’t think of the address of that website or the password to that service. It would take us a 30 seconds to look it up, or 15 seconds to just ask our coworker sitting across from us. It’s a no-brainer–ask our coworker! We just saved 15 [...]
Sometimes things happen that remind us how fleeting life really is. Today, I reconnected with the family of my childhood best friend, Andrew. He and I met when we were 5 or 6 and were best friends until my family moved from South Carolina when I was 12. We initially kept in touch, but as [...]
I was in a department store shopping for a dress shirt some time ago and happened to see a book that caught my eye. How to Be a Gentleman is a short, simple book that teaches us what we already know, but forgot. Dress well. Practice manners. Listen twice as much as you speak. Say [...]
On the ladder to success, it's awfully tempting to take every great opportunity we're given. It's only natural to want to make the very best of them. All of them. The problem with this kind of opportunism is that in a very short time, you can find yourself overloaded and spread too thin. I'm talking [...]
