David Trice

entrepreneur, product guy, autonomous innovation, Digital/AI Coach | husband, dad of 2, always coaching, ATL native, all about the journey

[David Trice @Dtrice_cx]

A few years ago I “retired.”

Turns out I just needed a blank sheet of paper.

Oversiit is the result.

An autonomous operating system for governing the assets organizations depend on.

https://t.co/GQEQA4D5Lh

[David Trice @Dtrice_cx]

@japan_nobunaga Love this! “I had never seen a restaurant say it back”. @ChickfilA is the master! 40 year loyal fan!

[David Trice @Dtrice_cx]

@japan_nobunaga Love this! “I had never seen a restaurant say it back”. @ChickfilA is the master! 40 year loyal fan!

[David Trice @Dtrice_cx]

@Curt_Miller30 Go Olivia!!

[Atlanta Falcons @AtlantaFalcons]

Take a bow, Atlanta 👏

[Televisão Argentina @tvargentina_]

A BEIRA DO INFARTO: Pablo Giralt, da Telefe, enlouquecendo narrando o gol da virada da Argentina em cima da Inglaterra!

[Mike Conti @MikeConti929]

Arthur Blank says FIFA President Gianni Infantino has indicated a desire to discuss an expanded relationship between FIFA and the City of Atlanta:

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

In Texas a man told me he was fixin' to eat.

He did not eat.

He continued to sit. He continued to talk. Twenty minutes later he was still, by his own account, fixin' to eat.

I asked what "fixin' to" means.

He said, "It means I'm fixin' to."

I asked when he would eat.

He said, "Soon."

He did not eat that day. I was there. I watched.

So I began collecting evidence. I kept a list. I am not embarrassed about the list.

I have now heard "fixin' to" used before: eating. Leaving. Arriving. Calling someone. Not calling someone. Buying a truck. Selling a truck. Fixing something. Not fixing something. Thinking about fixing something at some point in the general future.

A woman at a gas station told me she was fixin' to pump gas.

She was already pumping gas.

I did not point this out. I understood, in that moment, that "fixin' to" is not about the future. It is about the announcement.

You do not do the thing. You declare the thing. The declaration is the thing.

In Japan we have a word, "yoroshiku," which is said before an action to ask for the goodwill of everyone involved. I thought this was similar. It is not similar. Yoroshiku is a request. Fixin' to is a weather report about your own soul.

I began using it. Carefully at first, the way a man handles a borrowed sword.

I told a waitress I was fixin' to order.

She said, "Take your time, hon."

She was not rushing me. She understood. In Texas, being fixin' to something is a state of being. It does not require follow-through.

I told a police officer, who had stopped me for going forty in a thirty-five, that I was fixin' to slow down.

He looked at me for a long moment. He looked at my face. He looked at the road ahead.

Then he said, "Well, alright then," and let me go.

I wish to be extremely clear that I am not claiming those two events are related.

I am also not claiming they are unrelated.

A man at a hardware store asked what brought me to Texas.

I told him I was fixin' to find out.

He put his hand on my shoulder like I had said something wise.

He said, "That's the only right answer, partner."

I have been in Texas nine days.

I have not finished a single thing I said I would do.

Nobody has minded.

I have started saying it in other states.

It does not work in other states.

In New York a man behind me in line asked if I was ordering. I said I was fixin' to. He said, "So order."

I miss Texas.

I said it in a diner in Ohio. A woman looked up from her coffee, tilted her head, and said, "Are you fixin' to, or are you gonna?"

I said, "Ma'am, I do not know yet."

She was quiet for a moment. She looked at me the way a grandmother looks at a slow but well-meaning child.

Then she said, "Then you're fixin' to. Sit down, hon. I'll get you coffee."

She was from Amarillo.

I did not ask how I knew.

I knew because she knew.

I understand it now.

You do not have to be in Texas to be in Texas.

You just have to be fixin' to.

[Dr. Mehmet Oz @DrOz]

My friend Senator Graham reportedly died from an aortic dissection, which I focused on as a heart surgeon. This catastrophic condition kills most victims within 48 hours and is best prevented by managing your blood pressure.

[David Trice @Dtrice_cx]

@Curt_Miller30 Baby pic. Wow!

[Curt Miller @Curt_Miller30]

Happy 23rd Anniversary to my beautiful wife!

[Brad Gerstner @altcap]

A tragic reminder - get your CAC scan - the mammogram for the heart. Cardiac arrest / heart disease is the #1 killer & largely preventable. $150 & 15 mins to save your life. In honor of Sen. Graham we should immediately cover w insurance & launch a natl ad campaign. 🤍 @DrOz

[Alvin Foo @alvinfoo]

This is possibly the best example of guerrilla marketing by an airline all year - SAS - Scandinavian Airlines😍

[Michael Dell 🇺🇸 @MichaelDell]

This idea belongs to no party, it's ❤️🤍💙

Our comments this morning at the White House 🇺🇸

[David Trice @Dtrice_cx]

Amazing the ages of our #brilliant Founding Fathers!!
#usa #indendence

[Carl @HistoryBoomer]

This is a ridiculously over-the-top display of brash arrogant patriotism.

God, I love it! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 https://t.co/uqf4ofuDm7

[Max Schoening @mschoening]

I was born in Germany, I grew up in Spain, I’ve lived in the US for 15 years, and I’ve been a US citizen for about a year.

I never really understood patriotism until I became American.

Usually, when people move to other countries they are expats. A German in Spain for example. When people move to America they become American.

It’s the greatest country on earth and an experiment worth fighting for.

Happy 4th of July. 🎆

[ATLSCOOP @ATL_SCOOP]

Peachtree Road Race | Atlanta, GA
Happy 4th of July!

[Secretary Marco Rubio @SecRubio]

For 250 years, America has been the greatest nation on Earth — and with God’s grace, it will be for 250 more.

Happy Independence Day!

[David Trice @Dtrice_cx]

BTW - the @VikingCruises was amazing.

[David Trice @Dtrice_cx]

Just got back from Europe on a @VikingCruises down the #Danube. In Budapest, @Schwarzenegger was there filming a show.
Home today and just read Arnold’s Pump Club email. Today’s inspiration was …

[David Trice @Dtrice_cx]

@Schwarzenegger inspiration - Today is a reminder: greatness comes from what we do for each other, never what we do for ourselves.
Happy 4th and 250 everyone!!