Learning, Life, Lou Lou

Posted by on January 13, 2010 · 1 Comment 

First, my apologies. I had a sick day yesterday on account of Lou Lou needing a couple trips to the vet, minor surgery, a cone around her head and some TLC. Lou is my first cat and I’m lucky to say it was my first run-in with pet hospitalization. It took me to the next level of understanding what some people do for their four-leggeds. Frankly, I took it worse than she did.... Read More

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One Thing #1

Posted by on January 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

I am starting a Monday entry called, “One Thing.” This is designed to help you to perform one meaningful and simple business task per Monday or per week that will help you connect with your customers, your staff and your work this week. One Thing will be inspirational, pragmatic, a friendly reminder, and a hopefully surprising and refreshing idea and tool to help you... Read More

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The Beginning

Posted by on January 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

For me, 2010 will be the year of the egg. As I held a little brown Grade A in my hand this morning, I had a cliché but satisfying thought on the new year, improvisational cooking, work, change and growth. Cooking is one of my favorite pastimes for conversations with creativity–goes up there with gardening, painting (walls not pictures) and writing. So it’s no wonder... Read More

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How to be Happy in Business

Posted by on December 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

I have a special feeling towards Venn diagrams in general, but I especially have a fondness for those that can capture compelling dilemmas. How to be Happy in Business represents one of our great human challenges: doing what you love and getting paid for it (which is not a book title, surprisingly). I think I’ll get one of Bud Caddell’s prints so that I can hang it... Read More

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What Matters Now

Posted by on December 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

Seth Godin announced the release What Matters Now: a free compilation of ideas from notable thinkers, entrepreneurs, politicians, artists and writers about (if I may be so bold) how the world is changing, how our purpose is changing and what you have to do with it. Find it on Seth’s blog, on wepapers or Scribd and get inspired to write your own.  Read More

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