These guys that are only friends with a woman because they want to date them or sleep with them call themselves "Nice Guys." They get friend-zoned and then bitch and moan that women only want to date assholes and not "nice guys" like them.  These "nice guys" are bigger douchebags than the men they chastise. They're only nice to a woman because of something selfish they want and explode in anger when they don't get it because "Nice Guys Always Finish Last." What a bunch of bullshit.  

I love following those of you that listen to the podcast on Facebook and other social media sites. It gives me the opportunity to see what you're into or what's got your attention at the moment. Yesterday I saw an article shared by an Everyone Needs a Little podcast listener named Shalia. She had posted the article; "12 Old-Fashioned Dating Habits We Should Definitely Bring Back." I left her a comment telling her I was going to address the 12 things author Stephanie Reeds addresses. The first thing I noticed about the article is that it is amazingly sexist, towards men. 

Don't worry Shalia, I don't think you're sexist but I do want to give you my perspective. :) And sorry I pronounced your name wrong during the entire episode. 

My buddy Mike and I saw Peter Jackson's "They Shall Not Grow Old' last night at the downtown Kansas City Alamo Drafthouse. Using state-of-the-art technology and materials from the BBC and Imperial War Museum, the story of World War I is told in the movie by the men who were there. Life on the front is explored through the voices of the soldiers, who discuss their feelings about the conflict, the food they ate, the friends they made and their dreams of the future.  I learned from the movie what tough is, and I don't have what those boys and men had inside them. 

I think all couples should discuss who their "Celebrity Five" are. This conversation is an excellent opportunity to find out if you're with someone who is insecure or not.  And is it weird not to have any fetishes or vices? How boring does that make someone? Doesn't everyone have at least something unusual that turns one on? After 44 years I've never found one for myself? Could that possibly make me the most boring man in the bedroom? 

I have no idea why I behave the way I do when running into people in real life that I mostly know online. I become a bit distant, and I feel like I'd come across as an asshole. But I'm not trying to be that way. I honestly have no idea how to react. I know I get nervous because the person I know online whom I'm now face-to-face with gets to see the "Sonic Cheeseburger." 

The amount of new listeners to the Everyone Needs a Little podcast is blowing my mind. People are listening, and they're coming back listening to more. That makes me incredibly happy. I don't want the original reason I started this podcast to go away because I feel like I need to entertain people now since there is a lot more of you.  So in today's episode, I take a step back and explain why I started the Everyone Needs a Little podcast in the first place and the evolution of what it has become. This podcast is my tool to gauge my "4 Selves"; self-awareness, self-esteem, self-love, & self-worth. 

It blows my mind to know that women were sending Ted Bundy love notes during his trial. Normal women being attracted to this piece of shit human being. Maybe not all humans are attracted to serial killers, but I've seen women and men date someone who is a complete piece of shit only to be blindsided when it didn't work out.  What is it about the "bad boy"?

The final episode of the story of my life. Joining a startup with former colleagues was a scary situation but also fantastic, adventurous, and amazing at the same time. 2018 would turn our to be a turning point in my life and I starting to really accept that I am proud of myself and what I have accomplished. 

My professional life was terrific. My new career in Kansas City at VinSolutions was incredibly fulfilling and exciting. I was working for amazing people that also were my new mentors. I was also developing a good name for myself in the automotive industry as a social media marketer & content specialist. But my personal life was suffering. Lonely and sad in Kansas City with no friends. I needed to change something, so I did, and The #LiveALittle Project was born. 

Within two weeks of starting my new job in Kansas City I was on a plane to Las Vegas with the company for an industry convention. I knew absolutely no one at my company but that would change extremely fast while in Vegas. My professional life was exploding in an amazing way.