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follow Terry onI’ve been on the road this week in Wyoming, visiting our local staff and chatting with them about where we’re at as a company, and the challenges in front of us. All told, I’ll put about 900 miles on my rental car – travel that I actually enjoy quite a bit. But that’s another story (check …
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Today the blogosphere celebrates the birthday of one of its most distinguished residents, Ms. Liz Strauss. She is a great friend, business partner, and mentor, and her selflessness, kindness, and passion for her craft has inspired me from the very first time I read her blog over two years ago. Liz sees the blogosphere as much more …
About a month ago I was speaking at a training session for a group of our newer teammates, and I was asked this question: “How do you know if you are a good leader?” Now that’s a query that I bet has generated a billion answers, at least. Leadership has been dissected, discussed, debated, deliberated, delineated, …
In the last several months I’ve spent very little time in my office – I travel quite a bit to begin with, plus there were numerous other excursions for personal and professional reasons, including one to Chicago in May for SOBCon08. As someone who has worked for the same company for 14 years, my workspace is …
Last Sunday I read yet another thought-provoking column by Ben Stein, entitled “When You Weren’t Looking, They Were Working”. Ben wrote about his father, and how he didn’t realize how well he had benefited from his Dad’s hard work until after his passing. Consequently, he exhorts us to express our thanks …
Hi all – Humor is a wonderful elixir, and this week was one of those times where I really needed it (we had a death in the family). I was sifting through some old posts the other day and I came upon a very early one (I believe it was my 13th post) that …
Last week I opened up an internal debate I was having about my blog to my readers, and the overwhelming result was this:Keep doing what you’re doing Now there’s certainly more to it than that (in fact, I will be eternally grateful for the thoughtfulness of the responses), but that was the core of what everyone …
One of the more fascinating discussions I had during SOBCon08 was with Chris Garrett on our way back to the airport (it’s amazing the conversations you can strike up when you are stuck in Chicago traffic!). We were talking about favorite foods and the discussion led to Indian cuisine, and our favorite types of Indian food. …
One of the great benefits of my day job is the chance to drive around the states of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. I have grown to very much appreciate the scenic beauty of this Rocky Mountain region, and have had many opportunities to capture this grandeur on film. I finally had an opportunity to …
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about complacency – that common side effect of either perceived or actual success. The definition of “complacent” says it all: “pleased, esp. with oneself or one’s merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied” We’re so focused sometimes at the goal itself, we don’t …
