Image: Shutterstock Are you a business person or a people person? Are you a take-charge, no-nonsense employee or manager? Do you believe that you (or your employees) are there to work, and that down-time or non-work related activities should be consigned to fifteen minute breaks every two hours? Or altogether eliminated until the whistle blows … Continue reading Business People vs. People People
Leaving Your Comfort Zone
As I begin the journey of transitioning to a new position within my company, there are two quotes that keep running through my mind that I'd like to share them with you. Henry Ford, the innovative business magnate and inventor of the assembly line, is credited with saying, "Whether you think you can or you … Continue reading Leaving Your Comfort Zone
The Ballad of Disgruntled Dan
Photo by In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images In the deep recesses of an uncaring, cruel cityLives a man whom many call Disgruntled DanNo one takes notice, none show the slightest pityThey avoid him like a plague (as much as they can) Disgruntled Dan works the eight-to-five dayshiftIf he's avoiding his spouse he might pull … Continue reading The Ballad of Disgruntled Dan
The First Step
Image courtesy of shutterstock.com If there's one thing I can take away from the last two years of my life, it's this lesson, embodied by quote by the great French painter Henri Matisse: Image courtesy of brainyquote.com Two years ago, after spending the first fifty-plus years of my life playing guitar to myself in my … Continue reading The First Step
Positive Success
Positive thinking is so much different that trying to always see the sunny side of life. Click to read more...
The Secret of Getting Ahead
We waste so much time and energy talking ourselves out of doing what needs to be done...the secret to getting ahead is a simple one. Click to read more...
Seven Years
The process of learning new things can be just as satisfying as having learned the thing itself...
Band Of Brothers
Let me tell you a little bit about my bandmates and friends...
I’m Ready, I’m Ready!
I actually love Mondays...who's with me? No one? It's just me, then...?
En Español, Por Favor
On learning a new language and revealing a little something about where you came from...
Over/Under The Weather
Nothing exemplifies my ever-shifting opinion on everything better than my thoughts on the weather. For background, I grew up in southern California, but probably not the southern California you're picturing in your mind right now. Where I grew up (first in the San Fernando Valley, then in the San Joaquin valley), winters were always mild … Continue reading Over/Under The Weather
Life on Earth
Today a good friend told me a story that really made me think. She was driving home a few days ago, and was in the far left lane on the highway. She glanced in her rearview mirror and saw flashing lights approaching. She looked down at her speedometer - uncharacteristically, she was doing the speed … Continue reading Life on Earth
