by Tim Denning | Feb 26, 2024 | Life
Being competitive is seen as smart. The other night I watched a movie about the Von Erich family. The family consisted of six boys, a strange mother, and a sports father (Fritz). The father treated his boys like soldiers. He was a once-great wrestler but never quite...
by Tim Denning | Feb 26, 2024 | Writing
Her personality outshone even Jesus. She always had this ray of light that followed her everywhere she went. I was her manager. She saw me writing a bit on LinkedIn and said she was going to do the same. Shortly after I got fired. We stayed in touch. Within 6 months I...
by Tim Denning | Feb 26, 2024 | Success
Is it just me or is the glamorous life overrated? It feels to me like everyone wants us to be these main characters in these fictional hero stories. Like our lives have each become a Marvel movie with endless sequels. There’s a story about boxer Floyd Mayweather. WWE...
by Tim Denning | Feb 22, 2024 | Life
In 2019, his startup was acquired for a large sum of cash. Three weeks later one of his boys was dead. A few minutes before he got the phone call, he’d been bragging to his team about how he hadn’t taken more than a week off work. He felt like Superman saying that....
by Tim Denning | Feb 19, 2024 | Life Hacks
Perfectionism is a lie just like wealth equality. Writer David Perell says “Perfectionism isn’t real. Really, it’s a mask for procrastination.” I agree. When I hear someone say they’re a perfectionist it upsets me. So much wasted potential. In a fast-moving world,...
