The majority of us depend on an app, on our handheld device, for directions these days. You may have a personal favorite app for directions and driving, walking and even for hiking. Feel free to share the name of your favorite and why it’s your favorite in the comments section. Odds are good that if you’re under thirty years old you never saw, no less utilized, a paper map. The kind of fold out map that no one can quite get folded back up correctly once opened up. You may have seen these in … [Read more...]
Happy Independence Day!
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." ~ President John F. Kennedy "There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America." ~ President Bill Clinton "America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand" ~ President Harry S. Truman "The essence of America, that which really unites us, is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion. It … [Read more...]
Bill and Melinda Gates Split Official – Did You Take A Side?
Imagine having your private and personal life under the microscope? Or even more realistically out in the open on every network, online, print, talking head, every method of broadcast probing and questioning every statement, every move. Bill and Melinda Gates have that honor this week. It’s part of the celebrity of being the 4th most wealthy person in the world according to Forbes. Now we have people taking sides in the split. Family members, friends, co-workers and others are lining up … [Read more...]
How Solid Is Your Foundation in Business and Life?
Here is a question for you – when you started out in your business, your career, your adult life awareness that it is all on you... Did you begin with your focus on building a strong foundation? It’s okay, most people probably say, “No. not really”, and a few may say, “I already had one”. For the few there’s a good chance the basis of their strong foundation is from their faith, their family and their values. FFV if you like. Now to have FFV you don’t have to have these starting out … [Read more...]
You Need To Plan!
You need to plan. A plan is a starting point – a guide. Plans are made to change. At times a small change makes a big difference. “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” - Benjamin Franklin Now it is okay to fail. As long as it is done along an intentional path you planned. From the failure you learn, you make adjustments and you have another go at it. You learn from failure. That’s a lot different than setting yourself up for failure. The planning process must be done … [Read more...]
Is Your Career and Business Always Safe and Secure?
You and your career and business are safe and secure right? Are you sitting still in chair? Peace, stillness and quiet for a moment or two. The chair probably has four legs and when you first sat down in the chair, or in any chair for that matter, you know there will be sturdy legs to support you. Have you ever bent over and checked that the legs were there first? Checked to make sure the chair is sturdy? You know to make certain the chair was going to work. It remains in one place. The … [Read more...]
