25 Insanely Random Facts About David Risley

I thought I would completely switch gears today and not talk about blogging.

A long time ago, there was a meme going around where some bloggers would list 25 random things about themselves that their audience might not know. So, I did it and came up with 25 Random Things You Probably Didn’t Know About David Risley. Several months later, I guess I did it again: 25 [More] Random Things About Dave.

Well, guess what? I did it again. Because it is kinda fun. So, here are 25 more insanely random factoids about David Risley.

1. I drink about 3 cups of coffee per day. I tried the whole tea thing. Its OK, but doesn’t do it for me.
2. I haven’t worn real shoes in months. I wear sandals pretty much all the time.
3. I sometimes find that I’m too impatient with people. Depends on my mood.
4. People in the blogging market have told me many times that I am accessible, approachable, etc. The truth is that I am that way because I know the truth. The truth is I’m not that big a damn deal.
5. I have a hard time reading many business books because it takes them 300 pages to say what I coulda said in one frickin blog post.
6. The reason I don’t podcast is because I seriously don’t think I could talk for that long about one thing. I tend to be a to-the-point guy, which means I’d “blow my wad” in like two minutes and have nothing else to say. Then, I’d just look like an idiot.
7. My wife gives me a hard time when I buy new gadgets (like my Ipad). I tell her to talk to the hand. Yeah, that doesn’t go very well.
8. I thought up my daughter’s name on the way home from Sarasota, FL while driving down I-75. My wife thought up my son’s name while we were on a date at a Thai restaurant in Brandon, FL.
9. When I see pictures of myself at conferences, I think “mmmoooooo!”. Yeah, I need to lose some weight. Damn it.
10. Many times when I write a post about time management or organization, it is because it is something I was dealing with at the time I wrote the post. And it feels odd sometimes when I think that some of my readers think I wrote it because I have all the answers. I don’t.
11. I think my home office is way too small. It may look big on camera, but it is really just a 10×10 room. My wife and I plan to upgrade the house to something larger, but like a lot of people, the real estate market has messed with us, too. Although probably not as much as some.
12. I love sarcastic comedy.
13. I’m having a hard time watching my language around my kids. Getting better at it, but ugh.
14. I stopped using Foursquare. Just don’t see the point. Sorry.
15. It pisses me off when people make conclusions about things they have no idea, or when they take other people’s opinions as their opinions and yet not personally LOOK for themselves. It is mental laziness and a sign of stupidity. And, unfortunately, it is VERY prevalent in our society. Why let the news media be your brain when they prove time and time again to lie and make things up for the sake of controversy?
16. It sometimes seems surreal that I make my living blogging.
17. I have always been insecure about my appearance. Its just this thing. Its weird, too, because I also have a lot of self confidence.
18. Blogging, for me, is about more than business. With this blog, it is also one way of many that I hope to leave the world a better place because I was in it. If I can help others achieve their goals in any way, then I feel I’ve accomplished something.
19. I sometimes have a very hard time biting my lip about politics online, but I try to because I know that, no matter what I say, it’ll alienate some of you. And I think that’s really unfortunate when you consider we all want the same things in life.
20. My office chair is an Aeron chair, by Herman Miller. Yeah, it was expensive for a chair, but it was a reward to myself for a product launch.
21. Sweets? I could take it or leave it. I definitely don’t have a sweet tooth. My weakness is carbs. I love snack foods.
22. When I got SCUBA certified, they made me do some interesting things. Like an underwater obstacle course with a blacked out mask. Like swim a full-length pool, both ways, underwater without taking a breath (that one killed me). Comes in handy, though. Was in a cave opening in a Florida spring a few years back and being able to navigate tight spaces in low light was handy at the time.
23. My music tastes are VERY wide. Sometimes I listen to alternative rock, other times jazz, other times some Yo Yo Ma.
24. I host a meetup group here in Tampa for internet marketing. Usually have 25-30 people there every time we meet.
25. Sometimes, when I have nothing else to say on Twitter, I have to resist the urge to just type in the words “fa shizzle”. I shit you not.

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