by Mike | Sep 5, 2022 | balance, bikepacking, exercise, faith, New Beginnings, Simplify
by Mike & Matthew Mulkey The continental divide as viewed from our plane flight to Calgary, Alberta Authors Note: This journal is a brief interruption to my book (Surfing in Heaven). Chapter 19 (Surfing Without a Leash) will follow in the next couple of weeks. The...
by Mike | Jul 20, 2022 | balance, Bible, death, faith, Heaven, Jesus, Leisure Society, Surfing in Heaven Original Blogs
“I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the Earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.” -Abraham Lincoln One of my favorite parts of our many trips to Baja over the years was...
by Mike | Jul 18, 2022 | balance, Bible, death, faith, Heaven, Jesus, Malibu, Silicon Valley, surfing, Surfing in Heaven Original Blogs
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” -Mark Twain When I first heard about Steve Jobs’ death, I was in the midst of my marketing gig at Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco (October 5, 2011). It was our annual pilgrimage to shut down...
by Mike | Mar 23, 2022 | balance, Heaven, Leisure Society, Life Coaching, meditation, New Beginnings, Silicon Valley, surfing, Surfing in Heaven Original Blogs
“For fast-acting relief, try slowing down.”-Lily Tomlin Slowing down in Baja California at Punta Pequeña. When I think of slowing down, I am reminded of surfing trips in the 80s to Punta Pequeña in Baja California with good friends John Chick, Eddie Means, John Park,...
by Mike | Feb 19, 2022 | 1960s, balance, Grandpa Jack, humor, John Wooden, Malibu, San Onofre Surfing Club, Simplify, sunset, surfing, Surfing in Heaven Original Blogs
“Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.”-John Lennon Surfing Malibu circa 1949 on a Simmons Foam Sandwich(photo by Doc Ball) If there ever were a perfect sunset, Dad (A.K.A. “Kona Jack”) surely would have seen it over...
by Mike | Jan 23, 2022 | balance, biking, exercise, John Wooden, running, Surfing in Heaven Original Blogs, swimming, triathlon
“Next to love, balance is the most important thing.”– Coach John Wooden Anyone who has known me throughout my professional career would back my claim that balance in life has been modus operandi. It is in my DNA. As I came into Silicon Valley aspiring to achieve...