37,000' is where I do my best thinking
I’ve spent a lot of time walking over the last 6 months. Typically 3 or 4 miles. 45 minutes to an hour. Outside preferred over inside. Flat land preferred over hills. Company preferred over walking solo. Lately, 5 or 6 times a week. I watch other people when I walk. In fact, I stare at […]
Jun 17th 2010Business
I mentioned earlier that my natural tendency is to rapidly rotate between jobs, with 2 years being a long time for me to commit to any one company or any one position. With 2 years as the norm, what was my legacy? Did I have enough time to positively impact those I worked with? Did […]
Jun 15th 2010Business
Seven years ago tonight I was finishing my first full day of work in a new job, with a new but not unknown team, in an industry that I knew but I really didn’t know at all, with an ability to accelerate success that was unmatched in any other job I’d had prior to that […]
It’s a blessing and a curse. I’m inherently excitable. I see promise in so many things. I see potential in so many people. It’s a blessing because the smiles abound when I hear new ideas or meet new people. It’s a curse because each idea I hear and each person I meet can easily divert […]
Jun 6th 2010Business & Faith & Life
How would you be doing if you were measuring yourself in 4 categories per day: (1) Personal (2) Professional (3) Physical (4) Physical Personal is the family or friends or charities or community. Professional is the work or the development in support of work. Physical is the fitness. Spiritual is awareness of a greater purpose […]
I was sitting on my front porch this morning with my chair pulled over into that one spot of shade. The sun was beating down on the east side of our house, and the temperature difference from the bright sun to the cool breeze in the shade had to be 10 or 15 degrees. I […]
Jun 4th 2010Business
I’m a big time fan of progress, and I get incredibly frustrated when unneeded or even needed processes slow things down to a painful crawl. At the most extreme times, I’ve been known to accuse those who seem to enjoy limiting any momentum in the organization of favoring process over progress. But last week, I was looking out over a golf […]