Archive for June 2013

Here a sign. There a sign. Always potential trouble. Yesterday I described how I found myself on some back roads in Indiana while heading home from North Carolina. I wasn’t attempting to “channel” the late Charles Kuralt or anything. It’s just that I spotted some unique signs dotting the landscape, and I couldn’t keep from…

Some road signs spell trouble for me back at the office. Last week my wife and I enjoyed an awesome few days in North Carolina. We then drove home to Michigan via Kentucky and Indiana. I never should’ve caved in to her request to “travel a few back roads.” I wished I had never seen…

Massive potential. Minimal dollars required upfront.  And better yet, this investment plan isn’t anything I dreamed up. It actually comes from someone who knows the score. Michael Hyatt, the former CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, has been sharing his wisdom and experiences on his website for more than five years. He believes achieving “rich dividends”…

Collecting their iPads is different than collecting their books. The tech integration specialist and three tech support technicians at our high school needed some extra helpers. With more than 1200 students turning in their school-provided iPads before the summer break, they wanted a few more mature and knowledgeable adults to work alongside them for two…

It hurts to admit it. But my mom was right. Even without formal communications training, she regularly demonstrated how a repetitive message benefits from the “power of compounding.” I remember how my mom would tell me to “Have fun, but be smart about it” year after year after year. (And don’t be fooled by the way…

I thought Seth Godin’s quote made perfect sense… but I never thought it would cause me this much trouble. Of course, had I considered my utter lack of anything even resembling a well-rounded cultural background, I could’ve side-stepped the hole I’m now find myself in. On Wednesday, I wrote about Seth Godin’s simple advice for…