Blog Updates
- Celebrating Freedom1 July 2011, 1:15 pm
Independence Day is one of the most important days of remembrance we recognize each year. Please take time this year on July 4th to stop and observe the sacrifices made to create our free way of life. The signing of the Declaration of Independance was more than a simple drafting of a statement of incorporation. [...]...
- Summer Time Slacker7 June 2011, 4:32 pm
Summer is a busy time of year and sometimes our schedules become filled with all sorts of things. As thoughts of warm sun and iced tea by the pool begin to fill our minds, it’s easy to let the productive things fade from our mind as we drift to the task of finding a swimsuit [...]...
- Taco Bell Breakfast Fail28 April 2011, 4:26 pm
So, I receive a coupon in the mail yesterday for Breakfast at Taco Bell. Looking at the images, it was clear that I would either love or hate the options offered with no middle ground as an option. Within seconds my mouth watered at the thought of a breakfast burrito from a place that specializes [...]...
- Define the Process FIRST in Your Markeitng Plan10 January 2011, 4:00 pm
I often partner with so called “marketing agencies” or “marketing consultants” (note: topic for another day). When I partner with these folks, I normally spend the majority of my time fighting one problem. The Forgetting of Process. For instance, I’ll get a marketing consultant who sends me the content for a page pitching a particular [...]...
- Business Feast or Famine Winter?6 October 2010, 2:36 pm
I sure do love fall. The weather is the best of the year. When the air is cool but the sun still warms your skin. This is also the time of year to gear up your marketing and create business cash flow for the next couple of months. There are usually only two extremes businesses [...]...
- First know, then do, so you’ll understand, then you can teach2 May 2012, 12:05 am
“Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.” – Aristotle The best path to being able to teach someone something is by learning then doing then do it some more so that you actually understand it then you might be ready to actually teach it. Way too often we learn about something by reading about [...]...
- Leave it better than you found it.24 April 2012, 7:50 pm
“I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.” – Thomas A. Edison In today’s society we are contin ually looking for what we will get out of things. We buy, borrow, or trade for something and use it up the discard it. Unfortunately and usually unwittingly we sometimes do [...]...
- Do you really care? Cause they might not?1 February 2012, 1:17 am
“No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.” — Theodore Roosevelt — As leaders we assume that the whole reason we are in the position we are in because of what we know. Therefore, it must be that we should tell people what we know. In fact, we tend [...]...
- Do you have self-control?25 January 2012, 11:38 pm
“One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.” – Leonardo da Vinci Titus 1:8 NIV Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined. 2 Peter 1:5-6 NIV For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; [...]...
- Do we condemn or forgive?25 January 2012, 12:48 pm
“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.” – Dale Carnegie The other day my son said, “dad, as long as I can remember these people have criticized you and accused you of having hidden motives. How can you not be mad at them [...]...
- The quickest way to get things done and make change17 May 2012, 9:33 am
Not the easiest, but the quickest: Don't demand authority. Eagerly take responsibility. Relentlessly give credit.... 
- Digital analogs are no longer sufficient16 May 2012, 9:00 am
The parking meter was rebooting. I guess we're supposed to walk to the other end of the garage and find one that's working. We're seeing digital awareness coming to just about everything. In this case, it was the parking meter......
- Hard work on the right things15 May 2012, 9:00 am
I don't think winners beat the competition because they work harder. And it's not even clear that they win because they have more creativity. The secret, I think, is in understanding what matters. It's not obvious, and it changes. It......
- Worldliness14 May 2012, 9:41 am
Intelligence is the combination of knowing a lot about a little while you also know a little about a lot. Deep domain understanding helps you create analyses. Your ability to understand how a particular system (no matter how small) works......
- The reason the customer is always right...14 May 2012, 9:08 am
If you insist that they are wrong, they stop being your customer* (if given half a chance). People spend their time and attention and money in places that make them feel valued. *There's nothing wrong with asking customers who are......
