Musings at Altitude

After a quick in and out in Vegas on Wednesday night and Thursday, I wanted to get to bed early on Thursday night when I got to Houston.  But I couldn’t!  I turned on ESPN and began watching one of the most fascinating and exciting games I’ve ever watched on TV.  If you’re a sports […]

Tomorrow is a big milestone for me…it’s the one year anniversary of my first blog, which was an admission that I needed to vent, and in venting I’d find therapy, and in therapy I’d find peace.  And you know what?  It worked.  Over the last year, I posted 313 blogs (counting this one), some of […]

With the change in time this past weekend, I now wake up in the dark, and as I walk outside with the dog for her morning sniff around the yard, I see the faint outline of the sun approaching from the East and the dark outline of the slowly lighting mountains in the West.  But […]

Today, I called the very wise friend who wrote the “Nirvana” email.  He’s 78 years old, give or take a year, and he lives just outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.   His sole job today is taking care of his beautiful wife who suffers from aphasia (loss of ability to speak the words you want to speak) […]

I was asked recently what “nirvana” means to me.  Here are some of those things that get me close to nirvana: Life transcends business, and folks in the business hallway know what’s happening in the lives of their teammates Elders in business are respected and included, and those that have retired are brought back in […]

I’m fond of saying that “I’m chasing nirvana” as I pursue that perfect state in business or in life where all things just seem to click.  As proof that nirvana does indeed exist, I offer you this story from a friend and mentor who sent me this email when he was off on vacation just a […]

I now carry around with me a one page document called “The Right Frame of Mind”.  For me, it does just that, reminding me every morning about those things that are most important and giving me some clear objectives to try and achieve every day.  I’m not always 100% successful at fulfilling these objectives, but […]

I have 4 very different but often times very connected “areas of operation” in my life right now:  work home church altitude Based on the pressures, the chaos, the tenacity of efforts, the complexity of the challenges, or the urgency of personal crisis, one or more of these areas may rise and take priority.  It’s rare […]

As I visited one of our partners this week, we talked about doing more work in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.  With the challenges growing in the US market, looking to expand overseas may be a good way to take what we do well today and protect our current revenues. As we talked, he […]

I visited Baton Rouge the last two days, spending some time with a very important partner and client, working on the next wave of revenue opportunities for us both.  After one day of very good meetings, I went to dinner with one of the executives, and we began talking about the business community in Baton Rouge.  […]