Down the Road

Photographs and stories by Jim Grey

Tag: success

  • Seven things I want my sons to know about making their way

    Advice I gave my sons about making their way in the world.

  • Fortune’s careless aim: The myth that hard work alone creates success

    It’s the American mythos: if you work hard enough, you can accomplish anything. But I no longer think it’s true. Mind you, I’m all for hard work. But I think success also requires good resources and good luck. Actually, I think resources and luck are more important than hard work. They make hard work gain solid traction. Without them,…

  • Seven things I want my sons to know about making their way

    Now that you’re both teenagers, my job as your dad is changing. When you were little, my job was more about teaching you some basics, keeping you safe, and showing you love. Now it’s about slowly letting go and coaching from the sidelines so you can go in your own direction and hopefully find success…

  • Six ways to build blog readership

    I started blogging on a whim because I missed writing, something I used to do professionally. When I wrote my first post, I dreamed of thousands reading it and fawning over my excellent brilliance. (Delusions of grandeur? Naaaaaah!) Neither of those things happened, of course. As of today, that post has had only 41 views.…

  • Seeing Ted Williams succeed

    I don’t know how anybody could have not seen this video by now, but just in case you missed it, please have a look. As a former radio disk jockey, I love to hear Ted Williams talk. He has amazing “pipes,” as they say in the biz. But it’s not just his golden voice that makes…