January 2010 Entries
Henrik Edberg and his Productivity Blog is my inspiration for this post.
Honestly, my mind has been on my friend Drew and his challenges, and it has been hard to focus on writing a business related post over the last couple weeks. I felt guilty about that, and in my efforts to catch up stumbled upon a post called “Three things that sound bad but can actually be good for you.” It resonated with me.
Often we tend to categorize all things as either “good” or “bad”. But in reality, it is the nuance, colored by context, which is the real definition of most things.
Edberg...
This blog will step away from my usual sales/management/productivity focus to ask each of you to take one moment to say a little prayer (or just send good vibes) to my close friend Drew McMillen as he goes into surgery this morning for an ETV.
As background, please know that Drew is a young man of 47 with a lovely wife and a wonderful young family who five years ago suffered a stroke, striking him down and almost killing him…but only until he could struggle back over the past years thru intense rehabilitation to re-learn to talk, walk, and function normally. Before...
I’m travelling this week, and it’s a little hard to wrap my head around writing a blog. I'm more about "absorbing" than "squeezing." To fill in, please enjoy this recent post by one of my favorite social philosophers, Seth Godin.
The lesson from two lemonade stands
The first stand is run by two kids. They use Countrytime lemonade, paper cups and a bridge table. It's a decent lemonade stand, one in the long tradition of standard lemonade stands. It costs a dollar to buy a cup, which is a pretty good price, considering you get both the lemonade and the satisfaction of knowing...
Did Santa bring everyone a nice big Blue Chair for Christmas? Have you tried it out? Don’t get too comfortable…there’s still lots to do!
In addition to the end-of-the-year Top 10 lists, retrospectives on the year’s events --- and the decade’s passing --- there are always commentaries and blogs that encourage us to “turn over a new leaf” and to “get organized.” If it were that easy, we’d do it on our own without prompting.
But one thing these motivational pleas provide us sometimes is a platform upon which to reflect and build on what we have already…and how we might improve upon it.
One...