Integrity

Picture a boat on a lake gliding along. Behind it is an ever increasing wake, spreading out from side to side. Is the wake smooth or is it choppy and rough? Is there a water skier riding the top of the wake smiling and happy or is it so choppy that he falls into the [...]

Storytelling in Old Town

Over the last two weeks I have been enjoying some new audio books as part of the MBA on the Run program. It has been interesting to listen on my Ipod to the best in the business talk about marketing, advertising, and financial concepts while walking through local business districts. Earlier this week I walked [...]

Qudraphasic Sleep Updated

I received an interesting comment on my last post, “Never Blog Alone“. It was from fellow blogger Phi and it related to his experiments with polyphasic sleeping. Phi states that he has had great results with a core three hour sleep period followed by three strategically placed 20 minute naps throughout the day. This relates [...]

Never Blog Alone

I picked up the book “Never Eat Alone”, by Keith Ferrazzi a while back on a recommendation by Dwayne Melancon over at Genuine Curiosity. The book’s premise is to build a lifelong community of colleagues, contacts, friends and mentors. The author gives many examples of building relationships that can have a great impact on your [...]

Follow The Leader

Have you ever been in a long line waiting to get someplace only to find out at the end you were in the wrong line? I had that experience over the weekend. My wife and I attended the NASCAR race over the weekend at LV Motor Speedway. There were over 175,000 people in attendance and [...]

A Gift of No Return

I spent this last weekend in Las Vegas, the home of glitz, glamour, and gambling. My wife and I came up for the NASCAR race and I was amazed at the dichotomy of the city. We stayed in North Las Vegas so we would be closer to the Speedway. All around our very nice Hotel/Casino [...]