Musings at Altitude

When others look at us, what do they see? Do they see a magnificent reflection of our Creator? Do they see sunshine, radiance, happiness, joy, and optimism? I want to shine! I hope you do to!

Following the lead of one of my favorite sales oriented blogs – Conrey is for Closers – I’ve pondered what my Top 10’s are on the “must do before I retire” lists, both personally and professionally: Personal Top 10 (not prioritized) (1) Write a book (2) Visit China (3) Take my wife to NHL games in […]

Try this. Set your alarm to 30 minutes earlier than normal tonight. Set the “snooze” for 5 minutes. Then tomorrow morning, hit the snooze every 5 minutes for 30 minutes. And as you fall back asleep for those 5 minute intervals, see if you dream. And if you do dream, see if you pick up on […]

When you spend 6-7 hours a day on the phone working the business of being in business, how do you prioritize the 5-6 hours that remain in your typical 12 hour work day delivering the business to the business? Here are some suggestions: (1) do those one or two things that definitely kick the cans further down the road […]

Resolutions never work for me…maybe because I’m only ultimately accountable to myself…and that doesn’t seem to be enough to get me to focus intensely on any of them.  Maybe if I publish them this year I’ll be accountable to a few more people! Here are some personal goals: (1) Get under 200 pounds…haven’t been there […]