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My five principles for work and career
As my career has progressed, I’m spending more time mentoring, coaching, and guiding others. Where I once was the naive fresh out of college grad, I’m now the experienced. These are my five key...
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Five services I use to automate life
My life of services I use continue to evolve. Below are five that are currently on my list, with the top three being on my list the longest. I’m extra excited for four and five as recent additions....
View ArticleUsing Shoeboxed to organize for tax time
The April 15th deadline is fast coming up and I still have yet to sit down and file my taxes. Fortunately my receipts are scanned, tagged, and archived with Shoeboxed. Throughout the year, I’m stuffing...
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What Point B’s transition to employee ownership means to me
My company recently transitioned to a 100% employee owned firm. The three founders transitioned their ownership to the employees. To learn more on what the transaction means, watch this brief video...
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Italy vacation 2014
After a long time since our last long vacation, we finally found some time to get a three week vacation to Italy. Thuc put together an amazing literary to visit many places throughout Italy. Note: I’m...
View ArticleConsulting Mag 35 under 35
Point B recently nominated me for Consulting Magazine’s 2015 Rising Stars of the Profession: 35 under 35. I’m proud to announce that I was accepted into this amazing list of consultants. This award...
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Life changes are coming
Daniel Hoang and Oliver When life happens, it happens all at once. Just this first part of the year, I finished my first client engagement where heart was the central theme, recognized by Consulting...
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Five things I learned as a new father
It’s been exactly four weeks since my son Oliver came to my life. These four weeks have flown by so fast and I’ve watched a tiny newborn become a grown infant. 1. We adapt very fast I need a lot of...
View ArticleOne week in with the Apple Watch and I’m a believer
There’s something about jumping into a first edition product. In 2007, it was iPhone and 2010 was iPad. I’ve now added Apple Watch to the mix of devices. As with all first generation products, there’s...
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Learning a new trade: network cabling
Punching down cat5e to a patch panel before switching over to the more costly cat6.
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Switching to the Saddleback Briefcase from the Messenger
I like things that last a long time and age well. There’s something about owning something for so long and seeing that story in the scuffs and patina of the object. It also teaches you something about...
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Breaking in a Saddleback Briefcase
When I got my Saddleback Briefcase, I went on a process to break it in so that it’s more manageable as an every day bag. Out of the box, Saddleback products are beautiful but very stiff. My last bag,...
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First look at the ColsenKeane 4313 Minimalistic Satchel
I n my search for the ultimate lifetime bag, I came across a new addition to my collection: The ColsenKeane 4313 Minimalistic Satchel in Crazy Horse Leather. In a world where everything is mass...
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Focus and Flow with Focus@Will music service
In a world where distractions are the norm, there are a few techniques I use to keep that to a minimum. Music and a nice pair of headphones is my current solution. I recently discovered Focus@Will, a...
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Learning new trades during a staycation
My two were staycation is slowly winding down. I spent about six hours a day working on finishing out my partially finished basement. About four years ago, we had a refrigerator line burst and it...
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A call for help, stop our addiction to our phones
Our phones are killing us. Let’s go back a bit. The world took a hit of one of the most addictive items in 2007 when Steve Jobs announced the iPhone. For those that were using phone before the iPhone...
View ArticleRethinking retirement, cutting credit cards, and saving intensely
In my 20’s, I harped on the need to save for retirement but didn’t actually make good on my preaching. As an economist, I learned the theory of compound interest and how money grows exponentially over...
View ArticleWriting everyday – inspired by Seth Godin
Seth Godin finds time to write a blog post every day. If he can do it, so can I. How does he do it? He writes like he talks. I’ve removed all the barriers to blogging, worrying about categories, tags,...
View ArticleNew adventures
As I’m learning more about photography, I’ve noticed that Im paying attention more to the world around me. I’m less concern at the moment on the technical photography but rather more on seeing unique...
View ArticleLife as a consultant: new beginnings
The unique aspect of consulting is that you’re always going from client to client, industry to industry, and role to role. It is the definition of an always changing job. There’s little time to ever...
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