3 management lessons to help you avoid crushing souls like the Star Wars sequel trilogy did

Star Wars: Episode 9, The Rise of Skywalker put me in a catatonic funk for months. The ocean stopped being blue, music no longer moved me, and cheeseburgers across the land all lost their comforting properties. It’s like that feeling you have when you launch a big project you dedicated years of your life to… Read More 3 management lessons to help you avoid crushing souls like the Star Wars sequel trilogy did

June 10, 2021June 17, 2021 Justo (HOOS-toh)Leave a comment

Buying your first luxury watch when you’re a pudknocker

“We got two categories of pilots around here,” said Florence “Pancho” Barnes; aviator, bad ass, and feisty proprietor of the Happy Bottom Riding Club. “We got your prime pilots, that get all the hot planes, and we got your pudknockers who dream about getting the hot planes. Now what are you two pudknockers gonna have,… Read More Buying your first luxury watch when you’re a pudknocker

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The Croqueta Diaries: CasaCuba

There once was a restaurant in South Miami called Casa Lario’s. It was tucked away a block off the walkable main stretch of Sunset Drive, across US1, that is the epicenter of South Miami dining and entertainment. Casa Lario’s was my favorite Cuban restaurant and then, one morning around six or seven years ago, it… Read More The Croqueta Diaries: CasaCuba

May 9, 2021 Justo (HOOS-toh)1 Comment

We are what we grow beyond: The enduring lesson of The Last Jedi

I’m not going to tell you why The Last Jedi is a great movie and a great Star Wars movie. (Patrick Willems already did it better than I ever could.) I am going to tell you about one scene in the movie, though, that never fails to turn me into a sobbing mess. It’s after… Read More We are what we grow beyond: The enduring lesson of The Last Jedi

May 4, 2021October 7, 2021 Justo (HOOS-toh)Leave a comment

The Croqueta Diaries: Sergio’s

Miami’s greatest asset is its Cuban coffee ventanitas and the best snack to accompany your coffee is the humble Cuban-style croqueta. I can’t have a cafecito without one and you shouldn’t either. There are good, bad, and acceptable versions of croquetas all over South Florida but life is too fleeting a venture to have bad… Read More The Croqueta Diaries: Sergio’s

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