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California: A little bit of melting down but a whole lot of awesome.

November 17th, 2011 | 11 comments | California, Skydiving, Slider

We’ve been in California for 14 days. I figured it’s about time I wrote about it. Now, if you’re friends with me or the boy on Facebook, you’ve probably already unfriended us or are pretty close to getting to that point. We’ve been raving about the road trip out here, and lately, raving about all things California. Everything here is...

 
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Loyalty to your employer and how not to be an asshat or douchecanoe.

October 21st, 2011 | 3 comments | 3Ring Media, Slider, Unfiltered

Loyalty, similar to earning respect, is a two-way street. I wrote about loyalty to your employer almost a year ago to the day, after my first day at WCG in Austin. In that post, I gave three tips on how to rock at being loyal while you’re with a company, saying that the whole loyalty thing starts the day you’re...

 
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Best. Student. Video. Ever. Freefall University – Class of 2011

October 9th, 2011 | 1 comment | Client Work, Skydiving

Freefall University – Class of 2011 from Sydney Owen on Vimeo.

 
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Dreaming big. Again. Because that’s kind of how I roll.

October 6th, 2011 | 15 comments | 3Ring Media, Skydiving

This post is one part sharing my dreams, one part boogie review, one part tribute to Steve Jobs and one part big announcement. So get your party pants on, peeps. As far as my skydiving career goes, I have big dreams. BIG dreams. As in the kind of dreams that I don’t really want to vocalize because if they don’t happen,...

 
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The Lows of Entrepreneurship: panic attacks, hysterical sobbing, and self-doubt.

September 27th, 2011 | 9 comments | 3Ring Media, Skydiving

And it had absolutely nothing to do with the jumping. It had everything to do with my own fear as I realized that I wasn't even close to being where I wanted to be at this point in time.