Reactive vs Pro-Active What happens when we don’t plan ahead? Have you ever started writing a memo, reviewing a memo, creating a presentation, or developing an engineering agreement the day it’s due? What’s the outcome? Mistakes! Have you ever sent an email or text message without reading the...
It is my pleasure to write about the character trait of the month for September, Loyalty. It is defined as: The state or quality, or an instance of being loyal: Faithfulness to commitments or obligations. I like what General Colin Powell said, “Loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether...
My almost three-year-old loves puzzles. Hands-down, her favorite thing to do, more than food, or cartoons, or swinging, or swimming, is to have a puzzle spread out in front of her, pieces in a fragmented chaos, and, piece by piece, make the picture appear. More often than not, she likes it to be a...
A decision is a choice. In the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, sometimes, making a choice isn’t the most difficult activity. Sticking to the choice is. Our trait for this month is decisiveness. We want to be people who can make a decision. A friend once told me I needed to decide...
There’s a secret out there that really isn’t a secret as much as something that is just overlooked: and that is, we are in control of how we respond to everything that happens to us and everything around us. You hit every red light on the way to work. You could be angry at life that you are late...
Why get up day after day and go to work? Why do the laundry? Why budget and pay bills? These tasks bring order to the business of life. Some people don’t clean their home. They don’t pick up after themselves. Orderliness can be described as “arranging myself and my surroundings to achieve greater...
There’s a cryptocurrency being circulated today. It has its roots in ancient markets. Many have forgotten its real value and the possibilities open to those willing to invest. Politicians, some who are quite wealthy by American standards, are often accused of misusing, undervaluing, or having too...
