How do you expect to finish if you never start?
Was it Comfortable? Yesterday, January 1st, 2014, I willingly jumped into the Atlantic Ocean with nothing on but a pair of baggies. The water was 55 degrees and the air was about 4 degrees warmer. Although this sounds like downright stupidity, the Polar Plunge is a fun and exciting way to start the new year! Everyone gathers early on New Years… Continue reading How Ice Cold Water Can Teach Us About Company Traditions
Aaaand Scene As I went through the Starbucks drive through in Neptune Beach, FL the other day, I had a lot on my mind. I was distracted and not necessarily in a good way. As I was heading to see my dad, I pulled through and ordered a Grande Skinny Vanilla Latte – I’ve been trained well. As I pull… Continue reading A Linchpin and a Cup of Coffee
As I begin packing for an extended stay in Florida for Christmas, I am reminded of how minimalist my life has become. I am not an avid practitioner of minimalism and I have not gone off the deep end, I just don’t have as much stuff in my life as I used to. But there are some important lessons we… Continue reading How Minimalism can Grow our Businesses
When we think of the archetypal business model, we think of a pyramid with the CEO up top then tiering down to upper management, then the managers, then the front-line workers. The more difficult the decisions, the higher up it must be passed along to be decided. What we get with this model is an entire front line of people… Continue reading Why Some Organizations Will Almost Always be Faster than Yours
Some of us go, go, go and we never stop. Never taking a break for coworkers, family, or even ourselves. These are the ones that burnout. These are the ones that can’t really enjoy life because we’re so focused on our work. We need to be counterbalancing our focused work with family time, with study time, and with ‘me’ time… Continue reading Why Counterbalancing Improves our Effectiveness
I went to Seacoast Church this morning and the message was powerful and inspired me write this today. It’s funny how we can draw inspiration from the varying experiences in our lives if we just look for the connections. I was inspired on one level from the biblical message, but what struck me was their celebration of 25 years since… Continue reading Stand Firm
Yesterday I started a two-part series on goals, this will have to be finished tomorrow because I have too pertinent of a topic that I feel I have to cover after yesterday’s events. Sometimes life slaps us in the face while we are busy planning it… This is about how to lose good people. I spoke with three different people… Continue reading How to lose good people
One of the very first topics I wrote down in my idea roll for blogging was about goals. I have always been a huge believer in them and I have always implemented them in my life and work. Plus, every time that I hear about them I am inspired to revisit and renew my own goals for the coming weeks,… Continue reading Goal Setting (1/3)