Here is a follow-up to the story I recounted about the stained shirt and the dry cleaners. About a year after I moved my account, I was at the old dry cleaners to get a carpet cleaned. The owner of the shop emerged to speak with me, and we rehashed the story of the stained […]
Monthly Archives: January 2016
The Cleaners, Part 1
Some time ago, I was reminded of an event that happened over two years ago. I had a custom shirt that got stained with ink… at the dry cleaner’s. After noticing the discoloration, I took the shirt back in, still in the plastic covering, and showed it to the manager. He insisted that the stains […]
Be prepared
I was recently reading about SEAL training tips (check out SEAL SURVIVAL GUIDE: A Navy SEAL’s Secrets to Surviving Any Disaster (Gallery Books) by author Cade Courtley). One of the techniques they use is to think through scenarios that might occur and then process what their response would be in that situation. For example, a […]
Accountability for your own actions
I recently wrote about millennials who have been raised to not take responsibility for their own actions. A good example was in the news this week. A young man from Texas had been placed on probation for a vehicle accident in which he was the driver, was intoxicated, and hit a vehicle of a disabled person on the side of […]
“Always” and “Never”
I was reading a Brainzooming post by Mike Brown this morning, and it referenced an interview with Bob Sutton, the defensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs. Sutton had stated that he specifically plans to stay away from “always” and “never” in planning strategy. I wholly concur. In fact, refusing to use “always” and “never” […]
Disney World—the happiest (and most exhausting) place to spend the day
And during the holidays? Not the best time to go. Don’t get me wrong; I am a Disney fan, and I was with my wife and 6-year-old grandson. But since it was the end of the holiday season, the park was slammed. It was a human car wash where you agitate your way through the crowd. There […]
Be a Grounded Millennial
I think a lot about millennials. As a consultant in the field of financial services technology, I foresee a significant change that will occur in the next eight to twelve years as millennials replace baby boomers as primary customers. Its not just happening in banking; it’s happening in every sector of our economy. Here’s a fact […]
The worth of accumulating experience
On December 21st, I was in Ft. Pierce, Florida, and I drove past Indian River State College. I have fond memories of this campus. When I was just fourteen years old, back when the school was Indian River Community College, my Dad was a professor there. He taught classes in the summer, and I got to […]
I reconnected with an old friend
I reconnected with an old friend, Bert Burns, on a trip to Atlanta. In fact, he was my “Little Brother” at Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at University of Central Florida (UCF) in 1979. I left UCF in early 1980 and lost contact with Bert. Later that year, he was in a horrible car accident that […]
Have perseverance in everything you do
My wife bought a new toy for our six-year-old grandson, Liam, during a shopping trip today. This evening, as soon as I walked through the door, Liam wanted me to work on this project with him. It was a small dinosaur skeleton, separated into pieces and encased in an egg-shaped, hard plaster shell. The package […]