Blog Updates
- Valedictorian Speaks Out Against School System23 August 2010, 5:30 pm
Had to share this video. I like this girl. I’ve shared similar sentiments in past posts such as Educational Waste, My Kind of Teacher, and Why Does the Answer Exist. You just have to hear this girl’s comments. Listen closely. So, without further explanation…...
- Back to School Thoughts3 August 2010, 3:57 pm
If you have kids and are like me, every year you dread the first day of school. Not for the same reasons that kids do though :~) Though most parents are worn out from a summer of rearranging their schedule and playing referee when your kids could use a break from each other, the first [...]...
- OKC’s Auto Body Repair Boom29 July 2010, 9:07 pm
Check out this graph showing the burst in searches for “auto body repair” in the OKC Metro area on Google around the time of this spring’s storms...
- Treat Current Customers & Potential or New Customers Differently25 June 2010, 3:49 pm
Do you treat returning customers and new or potential customers the same way? If so… Why? Both people are important but they need to hear different messages and have a different experience. We’ve all been to a restaurant when the server asks if we’ve ever been there before. Only about half of the time does [...]...
- 7 Things Web Designers Doesn’t Want You To Know21 June 2010, 10:13 pm
For most people, hiring someone to build their website is as confusing & stressful than buying a car, and more important than who to hire to answer the phones. I’ve created a short list of seven simple facts that web designers don’t want you to know. The days of web design being kin to rocket [...]...
- (Psa 27:14) Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.3 September 2010, 11:16 am
Learning how to wait on God’s timing is a difficult thing to do. As leaders we are conditioned to “lead”, go first, take the first step, get out there in front, etc. If you have been receiving these posts for very long you have read some of the things I have written on the subject, [...]...
- seek good counsel, you won’t regret it.4 August 2010, 6:02 pm
My brother in the Lord posted this scripture on facebook and it hit me square in the eye: Prov: 11:14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. First of all let me preface this by saying the counsel you seek should be GOOD counsel. What is [...]...
- Who’s career is important, yours or theirs?2 August 2010, 10:00 pm
A good manager is a man who isn’t worried about his own career but rather the careers of those who work for him. – Henry S. Burns As a manager, your greatest resource is the group of people around you. It isn’t the building, it isn’t the equipment, it isn’t the bank account, it [...]...
- What is stopping you from completing your task28 July 2010, 4:25 am
“Neither snow, nor rain, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds” Known as The Postman’s Creed Ok, I have heard this cited many times reading books, in speaches, or even in movies. Each time I have heard it, the point of valient effort was being made, and rightfully [...]...
- Pull the string27 July 2010, 1:24 am
Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all. Dwight D. Eisenhower This is such a simple yet profound truth. Have you ever tried laying a piece of string out on a table to test this? Of course, with one finger on one end [...]...
- Sometimes, price is an attitude4 September 2010, 9:06 am
Passed a store the other day. The sign read 99 CENTS! And the subtitle was, "Everything $1 and up". The 99 cent store was never popular because there's some magical power about the price that is a penny less than...... 
- Check-in, Chicken3 September 2010, 9:45 am
One way to start every morning with your team is to have them check in. Go around in a circle and let people update and contribute. It's not a silly exercise, in that it helps people speak up and it......
- Better than nothing (is harder than you think)2 September 2010, 9:36 am
Most of the time, particulary in b2b and luxury sales, the competition is nothing. "I will buy this treat or I will buy nothing, because I don't really need anything." "I will buy your consulting services, or I'll continue doing......
- Launching the ShipIt Workbook1 September 2010, 6:16 pm
Six months ago, I put together a workbook that would help Linchpin readers ship. After testing it out on hundreds of people, it's now ready for retail sale. [UPDATE on 9/2--yesterday, the workbook was so popular it went to the......
- Responsibility and authority1 September 2010, 9:08 am
Many people struggle at work because they want more authority. It turns out you can get a lot done if you just take more responsibility instead. It's often offered, rarely taken. (And you can get even more done if you......
