Living a Life With No Obligations
Each and everyday we make choices that shape our lives. We decide to go to sleep, to eat, to watch TV, and to read. In the same way, we make choices as to go to work, to school, or to stay at home. You may make choices not to do something. Sometimes those choices are […]
Sold Out – The Case for Mentoring
How many times have you seen this phrase used to describe artists of all types. They used to be cool before they “Sold Out.” As humans, we feel that people who make it big or get recognized by the mainstream are no longer legitimate. All of the sudden, whatever they were doing is no longer […]
Playing the Victim
We’ve all been there before. Someone we know makes a mistake large or small and the first thing they say is “It isn’t my fault __ made me do it.” We all know someone who refuses to own up to their own responsibilities and actions. When under pressure for something done wrong, many times it […]
Speak to the Slides
How many times do you go to some sort of presentation or speech and watch the speaker fiddle with the slides to where it slows if not halts the presentation. It makes you wonder who is running the show. For many speakers, this ruins the tone and outcome of the presentation. Some, the few, adapt […]
The Why
Every “why” leader must have a partner who is a “how” person. Throughout history, whether seen or unseen this concept has proven true. There is always a person to cast the vision of why a company or organization exists. This person is the champion and often the spokesperson for the organization. The Why guys and […]
Playin’ It Safe
I’ve been thinking about risk. Life is boring if there’s no risk involved, right? After hearing Christine Crain speak about living life and the inherent risk in living. I am inspired to live life without worry of being “safe” and “secure.”. Live life without worrying so much about what others will think. Face the fact […]
Not Fitting In
Okay, so most of us, if not all, know what it’s like to not fit it. We have all at one time felt that we stuck out, in the wrong way. I must apologize that my site is not yet perfectly polished. My logo does not quite fit. It doesn’t quite “fit in” with my […]
How Do You Like Your Ice Cream?
I know, this is perhaps a silly title to a blog post, but it tells you a lot about a person. For instance, one night when my wife and I were out on the town having some ice cream. I listened to the man in front of us place his order. Now, this guy was […]
In the Weeds – Lesson # 1
In the weeds In the restaurant biz there is a phrase they call “in the weeds”. I have worked in fast food, but have never waited tables. So let me be the first to say that I have never personally experienced this in its place of origin. (pause) When waitstaff get behind servicing their customers […]
MO
I got to thinking about the term “MO” or method of operation. As you will see if you visit the wikipedia explanation, this term often is used in criminal profiling or the description of one’s habits. So I pose the question, what is your MO? What are you known by? If others were to describe […]