Dean On Fire

When The Brain and Heart Is El Fuego

If You’re Lucky…

Posted on | November 14, 2011 | No Comments

If you’re lucky, you find someone to love and she loves you. You plan together. You dream together. And you know you would accomplish life’s goal together. And if you’re lucky, you find someone who sees the good in you that others never saw. She sees your potential and pushes you harder than you can push yourself. I was lucky.

Category: Words

Words- The Heart Departed

Posted on | September 17, 2010 | No Comments

Heart Departed

You entered my life in the most unexpected way.
You took my breath and left me with nothing to say.

Feelings and surprises were simply abound
And it was simply because I had you around.

We started out with a bang.
But ended up with a bust.
I’m left with nothing to say but it’s walking away
that now becomes a must.

Category: Words

OBX 2010- The Music Video

Posted on | September 11, 2010 | 1 Comment

Fist pumping, great weather, and a cast of characters for an entire week. It was like Real World Outerbanks but without the drama. Missing it already. Onwards and upwards with ski season now!

“Best vacation of 2010…” as Meredith says. From my own observations, I’d say more than 50% of the people from the house really connected with someone that they’d consider a friend and would hang out again outside of the group. Even got a handwritten note from someone in the mail thanking me for the memories and friendships made. That was a first for me.

Conclusion? Smashing success. I’m on fire.

Category: Adventures and Trips

Words- Baby Please

Posted on | September 10, 2010 | No Comments

Some lyrics I came up with. Probably best as a hip-hop/R&B/rap song. Still needs some polishing but decent rough draft and tells the story that I’m trying to tell. Don’t have a title for this song so just gave it the above for now. Hope you understand the story here. Read more

Category: Words

A Happy Hour I Genuinely Enjoyed

Posted on | July 29, 2010 | No Comments

I had the chance to host the first A Small World mixer for DC. ASW is a private social networking site. It’s known for being an invite-only SNS. Unlike Facebook or Myspace which is open to anyone, you can only get into ASW with an invitation from someone else.The intention is to have an online site where the membership base is of very high quality. If you judge quality by the fact that there are alot of CEOs, white-collar professionals, educated people, and models, then ASW is that. Of course, others consider it to be an elitist bunch.

Other big cities like NYC, LA, London, and Dubai had happy hours with event attendance in the hundreds. I thought I’d put one together for DC ASWers and see what would happen. Just another one of my forays or experiments into building communities. We had a decent turnout of 20-25 people. Certainly, I’ve been part of events with bigger attendance.

But I have to say that this event was solid and I genuinely enjoyed it. Here’s why I think ASW events are so successful.

  1. It was a very international crowd. Probably 75% international with people from all over the world. ASW is built with the idea of having a international membership base. I met people from Morocco, Luxembourg, Istanbul, Mexico, and Paris. That really gives it a very worldly exotic feel to it.
  2. The conversation and people were of high quality. I know that makes me sound like a snob, but attending a happy hour full of strangers is no easy feat for anyone. There are so many happy hours where the guys are socially awkward or the women are complete snobs. But people were so friendly. It’s partly because the professionals are of a higher caliber who are well educated and command strong social skills. For people who were well educated, I sensed no pretentiousness. They are a handsome and beautiful group of people too.
  3. It’s invitation-only. Because the site itself is invite-only, this ensures that most members who come genuinely know someone else from the community. This provides a checks and balance system and minimizes the “fluff and noise.”

I heard similar remarks from some of the attendees who attended other ASW events around the world.

Category: Social

Lyrics: GQ Girl

Posted on | July 29, 2010 | 1 Comment

I’m sure these lyrics go work with well in a rap song. At least that’s how I wrote it…intending it for to be a rap song.

See if you can understand what makes her a GQ Girl.

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She got class.
To go with that fine looking ass.
She gonna spin around the world.
While I make her swirl.
All because she’s my GQ girl. Read more

Category: Words

Why Honesty Is An Attractive Quality

Posted on | July 29, 2010 | 4 Comments

I’m starting to realize that honesty is a quality that so few people don’t have or don’t embrace.

I just lost a prospective client because I was too honest. The guy was on a deadline and needed a site up in less than the time I quoted. Apparently, he found another vendor who could meet this deadline. I know that’s not possible because I have done this for too long to not know otherwise. I know the other vendor isn’t disclosing the entire truth.

This situation frustrated me so much and has forced me to reassess the value behind the trait, honesty. Read more

Category: Personal, Professional, Relationships

The 2 Contraints That Every Small Business Faces

Posted on | June 6, 2010 | 1 Comment

As a consultant whose clientele are small businesses, it is my job to acknowledge the 2 universal constraints that every small business faces. It is the job of every consultant to understand these 2 limitations because they ultimately affect the execution of the services that we offer. It is my job to help you, the business owner, understand these 2 facts of small business operations.

The value add that I bring isn’t necessarily the execution of services offered. The value add that I bring is that I bring a reality check to your business by helping you understand these 2 universal limitations Read more

Category: Business

You Can’t Fix People. You Can Only Fix Yourself

Posted on | June 5, 2010 | 2 Comments

Got back into town and first thing on the list was to get on the phone and help a friend who was having relationship issues.

She was so frustrated and sad as she no longer had control of the situation. The guy needed time off to think about things. She wanted to stay “connected” with him and try to fix things. He wanted to fix her to some degree. Read more

Category: Dating, Personal

Deanism- Bank Accounts

Posted on | June 5, 2010 | No Comments

“So you want to be with someone who is financially secure and has a bank account, right? Just remember- you have to start making deposits before you can make withdrawals”

Category: Deanism
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