Max's Blog

My oldest son Kellen raced the Austin Ironman 70.3 this weekend.  Ironman 70.3 starts with a 1.2 mile swim, followed by a 56 mile bike, and ends with a 13.1 mile run.  In his words “that was brutal”. The final portion of the race, the run, is often the most challenging.  A few miles into the run ...

The Kingwood High School girls Cross Country teams have been tearing it up this year.  Our varsity girls are ranked #1 in the great state of Texas.  Yesterday they proved their dominance taking 7 of the top 10 spots in a regional race. Two of those girls running are mine; Kendall my 16 year old J...

Saturday was one of my “less than glorious days” on a bike.  While riding out in Dayton on a county road, a pack of dogs came out of a yard after us.  The lead dog jumped into my bike, causing me to flip end over end.  My bike was totally mangled, and I sustained some pretty good cuts and bruises...

Good morning.  Kids are off to school and it’s time to get to work!    I woke up this morning to the following articles in The Wall Street Journal: “Global Car Makers Reduce Output in China” – car sales are slowing and plants are operating below capacity, “Investors Brace for Further Tumult” – st...

There was a time when I believed that "winning" was everything.  I was as ignorant as Ricky Bobby; "If you ain't first you're last". Years ago I raced bikes.  You know the kind of bikes ridden by the Tour de France guys.  I was competitive and did well enough to qualify for the Arizona State Cham...

A few years I attended and graduated from The Disney Institute of Learning.  I’ve shared with many of you the specifics of that training.  Recently while attending a Real Estate seminar I was again reminded of the priorities of things, something that was drilled into us at Disney Training.  And o...

 It’s Tuesday morning, 7:45am, and I’m supposed to be in the office.  Instead I’m on Northpark, lying on my back, trying to get the tire jack under the rear wheel axle.  Yep, one of those fabulous mornings when a child calls and says “dad I have a flat can you come help?” Before any of my kids ar...

Just over two years ago I leased my first ever BMW.  Call it an early mid-life crisis, or fulfilling a childhood dream.  I’ve always loved the idea of driving a BMW and so when the time was right I leased one to give it what I call a “three year test drive”.  If I fall in love I’ll pony up and bu...

A few weeks ago a broker asked me how it is that I have so much confidence in the Realtors I work with.  She found it surprising that I seem to have a fundamental belief that anyone can make it in this tough business.  I’ll tell you how I answered after sharing the following story:Last week I rea...

  Last week I had the opportunity to take a few days off of work and lead a group of youth on a church sponsored pioneer trek.  In short, we divided about 100 teenagers between 8 couples and formed families.  The families loaded all of their gear into handcarts and then pulled them through the mu...