Archive for September 2013

I’m proud of this headline. I only wish it were true. This is why I’m rushing it along speedy-kwik fashion to get it posted on the internet. I’m sure my old buddies from my high school graduating class back in the Flint area will be surfing the web sometime and boom! It’ll pop up on them.…

We all know where we were on this day 12 years ago. We all know how 9/11 (and all that followed) affected our schools, friends, community, and family members. While very few of us were actually “victims” who had close loved ones ripped out of our lives forever… or even had any connection at all…

And I didn’t just dream up this list, either. A former CEO shared this list in a recent INC magazine article. Marc Barros founded and used to be “Mr. Big” at Contour, now a multi-national, multi-million dollar company. The seven items he included on his list surprised me. Which is logical, since my own career…

Good teams win by taking advantage of their takeaways. We should, too. Now… many of you who are astute football fans are probably asking, “Hey, you wrote ‘takeaways’ … didn’t you really mean ‘turnovers?’” Rats! You’re right. But I’m not creative enough to use the more accurate word “turnovers” when the word “takeaways” is the…

And I initially thought I could fight off this temptation… I was bound and determined not to think about – let alone write about – Miley Cyrus’ over-the-top and way-too-much performance at the Video Music Awards on August 29. It was barely one week ago when this occurred – and since then it’s been an…

Some people are fanatical about Getting Things Done (GTD). Similar to choosing a sports team to follow, there are many GTD systems out there to select from to help you begin “organizing your passion.” Or is it… to help you become “passionate about your organizing.” It’s not always easy to tell. All I know is that…