It was a great day to celebrate American resilience and honor heroes. It was a great day to act instead of watching. It was the type of day I will always remember. On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, scouts converged on Gwinnett Fire Station 24 in order to thank and honor our local heroes and…
Enduring the Changes of Season
Labor Day signifies the official ending of summer – closing of the pools, back to school for some parts of the country and a focus on autumn and winter. It is also time for employees around the country to take a much needed break. This year seems a little different. Too many employees have had…
See Past the Panic
Markets in the United States and around the world are sure to react to the recent S&P downgrade of the US credit rating from AAA to AA+. Like many others around the world, I have been glued to the Debt Ceiling debate and have watched all of the economic indicators carefully during the past few…
Deputize and Deploy!
It all began with a tweet, an email, a blog post and a delay. Last June the Dacula Lions Club received a message on Twitter, from Lovett Productions, introducing the documentary Going Blind. After looking into the opportunity, and bringing it to the attention of our club members, I sent an email message back to…
Making a Difference is a Contact Sport!
Surely many of us have been tested more in the past few years than we ever could have imagined. Having to readjust or reinvent ourselves has caused many of us to increase our personal strength. And while it has been an impressive achievement, there are times when we must ask ourselves a very important question:…
Quality over Quantity Networking
I’m a big believer in networking. In fact, I consider myself to be a LinkedIn Open Networker (LION) – sort of… There are many times when I catch myself chuckling when I read what other open networkers tout in their open invitations – 22k contacts, 10k contacts, will reply to a request to connect within…
Words Serve to Educate, Inspire and Bog Us Down….
People who know me well would tell you that I am a complete information geek. I cannot learn enough or become exposed to enough new ideas. Most of my friends are the same way… The written and spoken word has served me well in my addiction to receive information. At the same time, the written…
The Time is…..Right Now!
Daylight Savings Time. The morning after we set the clocks ahead one hour is always a challenge for me. Many of us will wonder during the next week why we are hungry or not hungry, why we are tired or not tired and why things sometimes feel a little out of sorts. It’s during this…
Be Part of the Statistic!
When I served as Vice President of Marketing, at a previous company, I made it a point to travel with our territory managers at least one day each week. As economic conditions worsened and morale decreased, I would always make it a point to say to our customers, “While I am not sure when the…
Leaving the Box
As we finish out the first month of 2011, I would venture to say that many of us find ourselves in a position to change the way in which we are defined by others. In other words, we find ourselves in a position to leave our self-imposed box. The viewpoint of many in the coming…
Remembering the Price of Freedom
This morning I awoke with a sense of gratitude, as I often do, for being fortunate enough to live in the United States. Where else in the world is there a greater sense of optimism, hope and renewal than in the United States? Even during difficult times, our blessings seem to overflow. The freedoms we…
The Importance of Not Being Selected
For the past few weeks, I have been working with another company on a major bid for a prospect. We listened closely to the client and anticipated their needs. We worked hard to surpass the prospect’s expectations. We gave it our all. At the end of last week, it was learned that we were not…
Random Moments at Specific Times 