The Crucible I took my job at Onin out of desperation. Fired from my road gig and needing to eat and pay rent, I walked into a branch looking for a warehouse job. Lisa, the then branch manager, told me about a sales opening that I interviewed for and, eventually,...
Real Leadership: The Outworking of Authenticity No leader actually sets out to be a leader. The leader in caterpillar cast simply sets out to live life and express themselves fully, and when that authentic expression provides value, the butterfly of leadership emerges...
Elon, Jesus and the search for base reality I was listening to an Elon Musk interview the other weekend while working in the yard doing work that an Optimus robot will soon be doing. He said something interesting; he made the statement that "it was very unlikely we...
Don’t Work Hard, Do the Hard Work There are a lot of grinders out there working hard, putting in 50, 60, 80+ hours a week for months, years, even decades on end. You know what? I’m not that impressed. I’m not talking about flurries of business or someone legitimately...
The Non-Negotiable: Why Integrity is Onin's True NorthOnin’s VP of People and Culture asked me to write a paragraph on “Integrity”, one of our four core values for our internal website. She wanted a paragraph, which I gave her, but I wanted to unpack my ideas more...
I was a Gen X boy who grew up in the country, so my youth was filled with all sorts of moderately dangerous experiments and adventures; exploits that would mortify the modern parent. One such experiment started like this, “Hey Weaver, check this out.” We won’t name...
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