Jun 26What Keeps You Awake at Night?Shrinking Business? “Do not judge me by my success. Judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” Nelson Mandela It hasn’t happened all at once. In fact it has been gradually slipping over time. You can’t pinpoint when it started and it didn’t seem…6 min read
Jun 5The Art of DelegationHow to Get the Most Out of Your People and Your Projects “I’m going from doing all of the work to having to delegate the work — which is almost harder for me than doing the work myself. I’m a lousy delegator, but I’m learning.” Alton Brown, celebrity chef Delegation…6 min read
May 25What Keeps You Awake at Night?Fear of being fired I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed…6 min read
May 6All Hat and No CattleDealing with the Phonies in Our Lives A traditional Texas putdown is “All hat, no cattle” or “Big hat, no cattle”. This refers to someone who is all talk with no action, power, or substance behind his / her words. Too often we come across people like this. They boast…6 min read
Apr 26What Keeps You Awake at Night?Allowing BS to Get to You BSers. We all know some. In fact, some of us may know many of them. We deal with them at work, socially, or we just bump into them through random contacts. They are usually loud and have definite opinions about everything. They are never wrong (At least according to themselves) and little would function well without them. …5 min read
Apr 10Someone in the Plant is Going to Die(And When They do it is Your Fault) It was just a normal workday. I was sitting at my desk absorbed in some paperwork when I felt a presence in my office doorway. It was the Plant Manager, Phil. He and I kind of got along, but he said some…5 min read
Mar 30What Keeps You Awake at Night?Not getting recognition You put in lots of time. You work you butt off and accomplish more than any three people you work with. Yet, for all of your efforts you are not receiving any recognition. In fact, your annual performance reviews are average at best. You could have done a lot less and gotten basically the same review. “People work for money but go the extra mile for recognition, praise…6 min read
Mar 8168Priorities 168. It is something we all have, yes everyone of us. Not one person or other living thing has any more or any less. And yet what we do with our 168 varies greatly from person to person. Some of us are extremely busy. We want to make due…5 min read
Feb 24What Keeps You Awake at Night?Getting help “The best advice I can give to anyone going through a rough patch is to never be afraid to ask for help.” Demi Lovato So, is getting help or conversely not getting help what is keeping you awake at night? Are you concerned that no one really cares…5 min read
Feb 6Staying GroundedOne of the best actions we can take, with courage, is to relax. ~Yogi tea With everything going on in your life, it is sometimes hard to stay grounded. Whether it be work stress, family stress, or just plain concern about what is going on around you, there is plenty…6 min read