11/30/2008

Constant Frustration


No matter how hard I try, I"m never satisfied with anything. 

Does my constant drive for something better lead to an ongoing frustration which turns into boredom?

Maybe....

Tonight I sit at home, replaying conversations, thinking about our 3 services, design, order, and the talk that I gave today.

I'm even frustrated with the lack of commitment I'm giving to this thing.  

I'll try to be more regular.

Yes... I need a hobby.



11/17/2008

Finish Strong

Here's the latest video we did for the last week in our series "One Month To Live"


Finish Strong from J Parker on Vimeo.

11/12/2008

The Wilderness

Here is this week's video we did as a intro into my talk.

A big shout out to my director Tommy Smith!


The Wilderness from J Parker on Vimeo.

11/11/2008

Leadership

Today like most days we sat down at Stevie's to enjoy Kaufman's finest bbq.  What started out like any other day, ended with some hard conversation about leadership.

  After much thinking and debating: I find this to be the perfect description of what leadership truly is.


"The job of a leader today is not to create more followers, but to create more Leaders."
Ralph Nader

The question we have to ask ourselves is "are we creating more leaders?"

11/04/2008

The Room



Here's a video, we just finished...

I'm pretty proud of it.. There were a couple of edits I would have changed, but all in all I like it.

Let me know what you think...



The Room from J Parker on Vimeo.

10/22/2008

Living 1/2 Dead



As I've been thinking through our new series " One Month To Live"  I've really had to take hard look at the way I've been living my life over the past year. I've become a pessimist and like the title suggest, perhaps life hasn't been as exciting or full of zeal that it should be.  

 One of my first steps in this initiative was to start the diet that has been posted previously called "Don't Eat Me"  As I stepped on the scale Monday, I was 177 pounds, the lightest I've been since I was a freshman in college. Only 7 pounds to the goal.

The second thing I did was to buy a Ruckus.  (Yes, that's the picture you could be laughing at above)  This probably seems like a shallow or silly thing to do, but to be honest I don't know the last time I had this much fun or felt this free. I never remember having this much fun on my daily drives to work, the store, and around town.  

Make fun of me all you want, but @ 121 miles to the gallon, it's looking like it's gonna cost me $1.50 for gas this month.  If anyone should be laughing, it should be me all the way to the bank.

My list doesn't just stop with these 2 things, but I don't want to bore you.

 You've got 720 hours a month, how are you spending them?  What would you do if you knew you only had one month to live?  What would you start doing? What would you stop? Who would you apologize to?  What would you fix? 

Don't wait, do it now!

As for me and my "man moped" we are on a new initiative.


10/14/2008

Don't Eat Me Week #3


Here are my week three results:  Not a bad week, but my pace at which I lose weight has become stagnant.  I've gotta break the plateau.  It's not looking likely this week.  As we speak, I'm laid up on my couch with a bad back!

Pray that I recover fast, or I will become stir crazy.