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No doubt we have all experienced great customer service in our lifetime. The feeling that you get from it is unbelievably uplifting. You want to brag about it to your friends, neighbors, co-workers, and just about anybody who will listen to you (or read your posts and tweets). Since we know how it feels to…
Less is More
All inclusive. All you can eat. No expiration date. Unlimited. 24/7. All of these phrases make me think of quantity not quality. Is more really better? We tend to take more than we need and say more than we should. Texting and tweeting has forced us to condense our thoughts into a finite number of…
Inspiration
What inspires you? While I don’t think about that the inspiration question on a daily basis it is important to give it some serious thought occasionally. It helps give meaning to what you do or why you are doing it or who you are doing it for. Being inspired motivates us to accomplish great things.…
Nothing But Pride
You’ve got to love March. The dreariness of winter is starting to melt away. The clocks have already sprung ahead. Yesterday was National Pi Day. St. Patrick’s Day is this weekend. College basketball “madness” kicks off next week. Except for that “Beware the Ides of March” thing, it’s a pretty good month. My two sons…
My Way
Did you ever play the game Connect the Dots when you were a kid? As a parent you may have even played the game with your own kids. While I have not played the game in years I do use the phrase “connect the dots” at work. It is still an important skill for us…
Tradition, Habit or Rut
I love golf. I admit it. I practice my golf grip during the day. Maybe I shouldn’t have confessed to that last sentence. For the golf lover this is a great weekend. The Masters is being played at Augusta. There is so much tradition surrounding this particular tournament. It is played on the same course…
Perspective
This is not a typical blog about perspective – optimist or pessimist, Democrat or Republican, man or woman, pro-this or anti-that. The tragic event this week in Boston actually puts the normal conversation about perspective in perspective. Sadly we seem to get too many reminders about the things that truly matter in life because these…