No Pain No Gain

I believed that philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was right, even before reading about the scientific evidence. He said what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger – and it seems that scientists have found that although traumatic experiences such as losing a loved one can...

Does It Matter If You Have A StrategY?

“If you don’t know where you are going, you can never be lost.” – Brian Mitchell, Inspired Selling I have often had fun using this statement to talk about planning. Technically, I believe this sentence is contradictory, and that is part of why it is also a bit...

How To Continuously Improve

 “The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.”  ― Mark Cain Being good in a job has a great deal to do with the environment in which you are working. You could argue that moving backward...

Stop, Drop and Roll!

Fires are blazing in the western part of the U.S.  With the hot, arid and often windy weather, the chance of a spark becoming an out of control wildfire increases dramatically. Fire bans, education, bulletins and weather alerts are very prevalent, but these raging...