by Mike | Nov 4, 2017 | Heaven, Silicon Valley
”What is your life? It is a mist that appears for a little while. Then it disappears.” James 4:14 When I first heard about Steve Jobs death I was working Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco (October 5, 2011). I had walked up to the Apple Store near Union Square to...
by Mike | Oct 12, 2017 | Life Coaching, Silicon Valley
“The serious business of Heaven is joy.” CS Lewis I have a dear friend who for several years invited my son and I to join him and his son to Opening Day of the San Francisco 49ers season at the now defunct Candlestick Park. It was always a memorable day, which...
by Mike | Sep 26, 2017 | Corona del Mar, Heaven, Silicon Valley, Uncategorized
“Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.” Genesis 2:3 God was setting an important example for us when he rested after six days of work in the opening book of the Bible. Work is a...
by Mike | Mar 19, 2017 | New Beginnings
Email sent to my co-workers at Oracle: Date: January 19th at 3:51pm Subject: new beginnings I will be leaving Sun/Oracle effective today — time for new beginnings! It has been my very great pleasure to work with you all. THANK YOU — especially to Vijay Tatkar, who has...
by Mike | Jun 22, 2016 | John Wooden
Prologue (4.3) “Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best you are capable of becoming.” Coach John Wooden I love basketball. I don’t have many regrets in life, but quitting the Corona del...
