My niece is turning 16 on Valentines Day, a very big day. It got me thinking about how, now at 33, I wish someone could have given me a little insight on life, business, and so on. For someone at the age of 16, us older folks in some ways have a crystal ball in regards to general … [Read more...]
The Lost Art Of Communication
The last four months or so I have been dealt some rather difficult situations when it comes to communicating with customers, etc. I have dealt with the following "types": those that never want to hear your voice only their own, those that don't ever talk so you can't get proper … [Read more...]
Thanks Ruby
Why don’t people care anymore? I just got off the phone with an 81 year old woman that we had done some work for; I called her because she doesn’t have any family in the state, she was diagnosed with cancer last year, and her husband died last year as well. She had told me that … [Read more...]
Mentor
This is a quick one; I would really like to know about the one person that impacted you the most. Was it a family member, a teacher, etc.? And why were they so influential (I want to hear more than "this person cared about me")? When people really impact you it's because they are … [Read more...]
Keep Your Head Up
How? I work very hard at staying positive but I'll be honest, I have moments where I want to just lose it. I turn the news on and it's all horrific- stock market, unemployment, etc.; and I hear it from everyone I come in contact with in my area. But that's my frustration, nobody … [Read more...]
Where Does The Time Go?
I think I need a time auditor...I look back over January and don't seem to know what I spent 31 days doing. Obviously I'm kidding a little bit but the general point is that time flies by and I'll never get it back, which is why I've talked before about trying to slow things down … [Read more...]
You Have To Do It This Way…
...or do you? I think, now more than ever, there is no one way to achieve success (however you define it). In my grandparents day, and even my parents to some degree, (I'm 33) there was an equation you had to go by to achieve what they (whoever they are) called success. The most … [Read more...]
Build Community
I've been up since 5 am, because that's what I do, working on some things in my office. While reading a relatively local paper and cruising through the new bankruptcy page and hearing the stories people tell me very week, I had a thought. It is times like these, that we have to … [Read more...]
Twitter Is Clutter?
You know, I use Twitter and I love it's core premise. The problem: it is a haven for spammers and other "evil-doers". Don't get me wrong, I'm not goiong to stop using it but I can easily see this making some people lose interest. It does get old when someone has 10 posts in a … [Read more...]
How Do You Do It?
I'm very curious to know what you do to battle the times when you're not exactly the happiest? What do you do and how do you handle the times we you aren't feeling super motivated? Are there activities or thought processes you go through to focus again? Or is it music or … [Read more...]