Happiness Is…
Boulder, Colorado, just south of Scott Carpenter Park December 19, 2013 So, there I was up to my eyeballs in work, hip deep in alligators, computer running slow, internet acting up, emails piling into my inbox like the gulls of Capistrano… I’m a day late and a dollar short… Desk hasn’t been cleared in weeks,…
Believe In Yourself
“The two most important days of your life are the day you were born and the day you figure out why.” ~ Mark Twain In a recent episode of the television show Shark Tank, a would be shark partner was under tough pressure from billionaire shark Mark Cuban. Cuban accused him of flitting from one…
When There Is No ‘Easy Button’
Well, in case you’re wondering about how Boulder and surrounding areas are doing with the amazing rains and flooding, our clear blue skies came back yesterday and I and my family are fine. However as a community, Boulder and Boulder County have seen phenomenal devastation. One of my best friends, 86 years old, has lived…
Dark Side of the Cloud – And How to Avoid It
Not to alarm you, but in case you haven’t noticed, it’s not all beer and roses out on the cloud. As I was rudely reminded yesterday… Maybe you noticed if you got a weird message from me. If it looks suspicious, don’t click on or open anything in it. Just delete. My Gmail account was…
Tripping Over Diamonds?
Yes, I know February is “Love Month”, but I feel compelled to give you an important “tough love” message about your business. Here goes… Inside the vast Opryland Hotel in Nashville (600,000 square feet just for meeting space) you can hop on a boat and take a ride around the center atrium. From the boat…
How to Predict 2013
If I have one core message for you it’s this: The best way to predict the future is to create it. How many millions of dollars will change hands in bets placed on the Super Bowl this year? In football we set a goal line and starting point. We measure the distance in between them,…
A “Dynamite” Way to Achieve Your Goals
I probably shouldn’t tell you this, but I came from a pretty dysfunctional family. (Aren’t they all, in some way? Please say yes…) My parents were blessed with five rowdy boys, and around my place there were times when you just never knew what to expect. Like the year one of my brothers and a…
Perhaps THE Key to Success
In my sophomore year in college, I drove my VW bug from Colorado all the way back to Pennsylvania to be with family for Christmas. My black Labrador retriever “Bingo”, sat in the back seat all 1800 odd miles over icy roads and through blizzard conditions with me. When we finally arrived at my parents…
The Five Keys to Peak Productivity
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Your mission, should you choose to accept it…
With a scant 35 days left in 2012, Santa busily making all kinds of toys, Texas talking about seceding from the Union and Austin getting ready to secede from Texas, Larry Hagman has left us. Larry as you may recall, played the notorious J.R. Ewing, the “most beloved villain in television” in “Dallas”, one of…
