Built to Last There’s an old business parable about The Time Teller vs. The Clock Builder that influenced me early on in my career as an entrepreneur and business owner, and it’s had a big impact as well on my work as a consultant. Recently I had the pleasure of working with a long-standing client [...]
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Are bloggers allowed to take a vacation?
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(Photos taken near Red Rock, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada) Rocks. I love rocks… and sand too. I especially love places where rocks, sand, wind and water slowly transform each other. Like some grand geological game of Rock-Paper-Scissors, water and wind turns stone into sand, and then sand, settling down as sediment under pressure, cements into sandstone. [...]
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Consider the following scenarios: The English teacher who makes spelling mistakes when writing comments on student papers The religious leader who is caught violating their own religion in a sex scandal The NFL football coach who can’t play the linebacker position The math teacher who uses a calculator to solve the manual arithmetic problems that [...]
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Some people seem to be natural “problem finders.” They are tuned-in to the issues and inconsistencies, the errors and omissions, the potential snags. When they handle themselves well, they become an important resource for those those of us who live and work with them. However, sometimes we need to help them help us. “Don’t just come [...]
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I hate the ‘V’ word. As a consultant/contractor, the ‘V’ word has become one of those little “triggers” that puts me into a wary state. When someone utters the ‘V’ word — especially if they’re using it to describe me – all sorts of silent alarm bells go off in my mind. This happens especially when the [...]
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