The college football season is now officially underway, and for many people, life is once worth living again. There is something interesting about watching tribes emerge in fall for this sacred festivity … people gathering for sacred rituals involving grilled Johnsonville Brats, glowing 60″ flat screens, massive amounts of cheap beer, and sometimes heated battles about the prowess of their tribe. [...]
If You Resigned, Would Anyone Care?
This past week, many Apple geeks were rocked with the news that Steve Jobs was resigning from the helm of one of the most iconic companies in the history of our planet. The lamenting of Steve’s leaving was echoed throughout Twitter and the blogosphere; a lamenting that almost seemed like an eerie funeral of sorts [...]
Why Honest Feedback is Valuable
As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. – Proverbs 27:17 Honest feedback is something lacking in our world today. Our culture has placed such a focus on being sensitive to others or only listening to what makes us happy that it can be rare to find a person who is willing to [...]
Learn What NOT to Do by Doing It!
Sometimes the most effective way to discover what you shouldn’t be doing is by actually doing it. Think about it. When you take on projects or clients that end up being a nightmare, you learn you don’t want do those things ever again. The same goes for when you put your hand on a hot [...]