Are You Willing To Stand Out?

There is an interesting dilemma that most of us wrestle with on a regular basis (without realizing it). We want to lead and be exceptional at what we are doing, but we often don’t like the initial feeling of standing out from the crowd. By definition, leaders set themselves apart from others and give people something to follow. The flip side of this is that it can be incredibly lonely at the onset. This is especially true of a creative person.

Consider the following video:

This video is hysterical. It’s beyond creative and makes me laugh every time I see it. But how many of us would be willing to do the same thing (especially when you see how it ends). This is a simple example of a very true reality.

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Adelyn Thoughts (Now At Home)

On Friday I posted about the birth of our third child and since then I’ve had some time to reflect on our new reality. I realized that Michelle and I look at little Adelyn totally differently. For Michelle, she sees an adorable little baby girl who can wear bows and headbands of all sorts of creativity. For me, I see a little girl that will wrap my emotions around her finger, argue with me when she’s a teenager, and cause me all sorts of stress as she begins to date and then I eventually have to give her away to another man (who may not even be alive yet).

Different—to say the least. It’s kind of like this:

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Adelyn Ruth Jernigan

I normally post parenting/family stuff over at my blog for dads, but I hope you’ll indulge me this time.

Michelle and I are proud to announce the arrival of our third child! Little Adelyn was born this morning at 6:24am and weighed in at 8 pounds, 11 ounces. She has been totally chill. Adelyn and Michelle are doing terrifically.

Here are a few photos:

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Confusing the “I’m Sorry”

Standard – Like In a Dream

Not too long ago I shared a song from a band I was in during college and you all were nice enough that I’ll brave another one. Here is our “love song.”

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