Sean Johnson :: Intentionally – Live on Purpose

Father’s Day and Nobility (Comments)

63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes – 5 times the average.
85% of all children who show behavior disorders are from fatherless homes – 20 times the average.
80% of rapists with anger problems come from fatherless homes – 14 times the average.
71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes – 9 times [...]

The real paradigm shift (Comments)

There’s a lot to love about the nature of the web community these days. People working on cool projects, loving what they do, excited to get up each day, truly believing that they have the creativity and passion to change the world in some small way. It’s the complete antithesis of so many corporate environments.
But [...]

Simplicity (Comments)

Simplicity is a difficult thing to come by. We live fragmented, disjointed lives, always running from something, to something. We’re trying to get more and more done with less and less time. It’s an impossible race that leaves us tired, empty, drained.
We as a society love to prize the man or woman who can do [...]

Swept anyone off their feet lately? (Comments)

Overheard a conversation at the coffee shop this morning. A girl fell in love over the weekend.
The guy really did sound amazing, but the thing that struck me the most was that he wasn’t doing anything that remarkable. Rare, but not remarkable.

The guy’s an actor (in New York of all places.) – The thing about [...]

Grow Up (Comments)

When I was in college, I skipped a lot of class.
I used to rationalize it by saying to myself I was busy with other things. I was running a couple student groups, I was coaching football, I was working a job, I was spending a lot of time at the local bookstore reading marketing books. [...]

it’s so hard to say you’re sorry (Comments)

I think one of the fallacies that Christians (and many other people) have is their unwillingness to admit when they are wrong about something. Especially when the reasons for doing so have something to do with faith.
There are times when we makes decisions based on what we think are good precepts. We believe that something [...]

the invisible man (Comments)

I have always had a problem with trying to do big, important things.
It’s not a problem in that it often works – for whatever reason, many projects I’ve undertaken have been successful for just this reason. But it’s a problem because I’m often closing a door to the mundane as a result.
We as a people [...]

Free Lunch (Comments)

With the wedding and my upcoming move to Chicago, I’ve been worried a lot about money lately. This week I resolved to not spend any money eating out.
This afternoon, as I was sitting in a Starbucks, I realized that I hadn’t eaten anything all day. A few minutes after I realized I was pretty hungry, [...]

Dart Practice (Comments)

It’s a little embarassing when people ask me what my fiance and I talk about when we’re alone. Embarassing because the conversations usually go something like this:
Person 1: What kind of tree is that?
Person 2: You’re a tree.
Person 1: You’re a leaf.
Person 2: You’re a fig.
Person 1: You’re a newton.
Person 2: You’re an apple.
Person 1: [...]

A great man (Comments)

Manhood is a diffiult thing to accomplish.
In the past few weeks, I’ve had a number of female friends talk with me at length about their difficulty in ‘finding a good man.’ Indeed, this seems to be something that plagues most women I’ve met (other than the ones I’ve dated, of course.) On occasion I’ve heard [...]