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...]
How Far Do You Plan For Your Plan B? To Plan C? To Plan D?
Once humans figured out how to put together a few trees, make them watertight and were able to control its direction, they began to explore nearby lands and people via water. As commercial shipping evolved into business enterprises where the ships set sail for and what the intended trade would entail began to be determined by the home office. Although without the ability to communicate regularly things didn’t always go according to plan. Today, in theory, communication is instantaneous from … [Read more...]
Where’s Your Wheelhouse?
This month the nautical theme is the wheelhouse. Typically called the bridge. This subject will then be tied into a topic, a teaching, something that may be utilized by you in your business, career path and personal development. The wheelhouse was a small enclosure around the ship's wheel on the quarter deck of sailing ships years ago. On ships today, the wheelhouse refers to the bridge of smaller motor vessels, such as tugs. Orders to the helmsman are passed to an enclosed wheel house, … [Read more...]
Is There A GAAP In Your Business Or Attitude?
Not a hiccup or a typo. GAAP as in the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. These are the accounting principles, standards, and procedures that companies... If a corporation's stock is publicly traded, the financial statements must also adhere to rules... Yes there are rules. One of the problems we are all dealing with today is there are a number of companies, organizations and people who do not care about the rules….any rules. A perfect example of this was just presented to the IPO … [Read more...]
You Cannot Control Everything
“It’s not like I let people do things for me, so I guess you can call me a control freak, or you can call me passionate.” ~Courteney Cox In our lives we cannot control everything. Those who try to control everything around them will ultimately live a miserable life. Imagine in your own personal life if you were able to control every single thing. What would that list look like against the reality list of how everything actually works? Why not list this out right now? Try something like … [Read more...]
Even a Control Freak Cannot Control Everything
“It's not like I let people do things for me, so I guess you can call me a control freak, or you can call me passionate.” ~Courteney Cox In our lives we cannot control everything. Those who try to control everything around them will ultimately live a miserable life. Imagine in your own personal life if you were able to control every single thing. What would that list look like against the reality list of how everything actually works? Why not list this out right now? Try something like … [Read more...]
