I’ve been in the bike business for over 15 years. I’m 39 years old and one things for sure. You learn a heck of a lot about people running your own business in this industry. Much more than I expected or bargained for.

The three main things that keep ringing true about people to me are 1) we humans are definitely creatures of habit, and 2) we are forgetful, 3) some people will believe or settle for anything they hear (no matter how obviously untrue the story or facts are), and last but not least, 4) you don’t know what you don’t know.

I have found myself many times shaking my head in dismay and or disbelief at what I had heard or seen. Instead of gratifying the subject further by commenting or rebutting it I simply would take a deep breath, sigh, and walk away wondering, “is this what it’s all come to?

“You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friends nose”.
OK, I don’t know who first said it or where I first heard it but I try to live my life by this simple golden rule (for the most part). It basically says to me live and let live. Or, let people make their own mistakes and live their own lives. Cool for the most part, huh?
Yeah, until you realize that it‘s at someone else’s expense. When you realize that someone else is somebody who actually worked his or her ass off (unlike many) to build a company, future, and a name or whatever just so some fly by night dumb ass could take pop shots at it and try to tear it down with his or her slanderous, untrue and undignified remarks.
I hear and see this kind of shortsighted and ignorant behavior much too much these days in way too many places. It’s kind of like an epidemic or a cancer that inevitably causes the inevitable. Why are people so consumed with repeating and relaying wrong or wrongful information (gossiping) instead of taking the high road?

One day I got this idea. I figure there’s a whole bunch of stuff I have learned through the years (first hand) about all kinds of stuff that I would like to share with other people (you). So…. Rather that pointing the finger like some ranting or angry protester I thought I might just try a subtle approach to the problem. Instead of getting everyone up in arms or pissed off I thought it would be much more productive if I just shared my perspective on stuff in general. I’ll call it, “Here’s My Thing”.

It’ll be my take on the way I see or have experienced things on a first hand basis. Straight up genuine first hand information. What a concept, huh? Keep in mind however that I have embraced the fact that as much as I struggle to try and overcome the 4 (aforementioned) facts I find myself susceptible to them as well (except for #3).

There’s more than one way to skin a cat (kinda gross if you think about it). This will just be my way. God! I hope I haven’t opened up a big can of worms!