souldaddy

father, educator, poet, amateur philosopher, chess enthusiast, basketball junkie, connoisseur of fine hip hop, and purveyor of wit and wisdom

Five for a Friday #15

Maxwell’s 5 Levels of Leadership I feel like I’m a relatively new student of leadership.  Although I did study leadership a bit in my doctoral program, the books and discussions … Continue reading

Featured · Leave a Comment

The Best Job Interview I Ever Had

Right after I graduated from college, I started looking for jobs.  I graduated from a small liberal arts college with a major in creative writing and a minor in mathematics…which … Continue reading

Featured · Leave a Comment

20th Anniversary of “Being a Man”

Over the past couple decades or so, there have been several books written on manhood or, most recently, the arrested development of manhood.  One of my favorite websites (The Art … Continue reading

April 7, 2013 · Leave a Comment

R.I.P.

R.I.P. = Reading In Progress Don’t worry…My blog is not going anywhere.  I’ve just been away from the blog for a bit because this year, I’m preparing for something big…and … Continue reading

March 17, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Five for a Friday #14

Happy 2013. After considering a host of topics for this first post of the new year, I realized it’s been over 2 years since I wrote a Five for a … Continue reading

January 4, 2013 · 2 Comments

Panglossian Personified

(In Woody Allen’s 1972 film Play It Again Sam, the main character Allan Felix approaches a young lady in a museum and has the following brief conversation…) ALLAN FELIX:  That’s … Continue reading

November 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment

The Cage

(This story made its way around the internet several years ago…) Once upon a time there were some monkeys.  They lived in a cage. One day the monkeys awoke to … Continue reading

November 29, 2012 · 1 Comment

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 17 other followers

Soulquarian Quote of the Day

"There is no hip hop manual for growing old...The 22-year-old college grad who used to love the Roots in 1994 never left. He’s just 40 now and has a wife and kids and doesn’t feel like spending all night at a club."
--Questlove