Upon arrival in Jamaica, I was alerted that one of the Destination Experience advisory board members would come to the airport and pick us up for the long ride from Montego Bay to Kingston. This saved us from an even longer bus ride. We met up with Ron McKay and during that 3-hour drive, I got […]
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Strategic Planning and Cutting up the Last Donut
I walked into church yesterday and immediately went to get a cup of Beanery coffee. As I was pouring my cup, I noticed a box of donuts on the counter with a partial donut and a knife inside it. My assumption is that this box was full at the time it was placed on the […]
The 5 Entrepreneurial Abilities – #1 Capability
I recently posted about a talk I gave to Entrepreneurs of Valdosta, a South Georgia based incubator of individuals that have or are interested in starting a business. There are similar organizations like this one all over America, even in some smaller, rural areas. And it makes sense; the fuel of job growth in the […]
If it Walks Like a Duck and Talks Like a Duck
I was on the Southern Methodist University campus the other day. I am part of the Southwest Graduate Banking School facility and am teaching a three day elective on Branch Transformation to second and third year students. SMU is a beautiful campus. Not only do we receive outstanding resources to use in the classroom, we […]
Learning to Swim
On Memorial Day, my son and his family came over for the afternoon. It was a beautiful day, very low humidity for South Georgia and we had a full grill of various protein options planned along with swimming in the pool. My 6 year-old grandson Liam is a fish and is very comfortable in the […]
My Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon Moment
Have you ever been made aware of something new, something you have never heard of before and then once you are aware of it, you start seeing it everywhere? This is known as the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon and now that I have made you aware of it, you will, of course, start noticing it all over […]
One small step for ManKind
I traveled to Atlanta the other day for some meetings and took an hour to visit ManKind, a new hair care place specifically oriented to men. Now, as someone who is mostly bald and has been since 1985, I don’t think much about hair styling. I have realized that unless you have hair on top, […]
Calm Focus In Any Venture
One of the many ventures that I have started is a coffee-roasting business as part of Healthy River Ventures, run by my son Kurt. The Specialty Coffee Association of America puts on a massive conference annually and, this year, it happened to be in Atlanta, right up the road from where our roasting shop, The […]
Instant Gratification or Delayed Satisfaction?
I was having a conversation with Dr. Kent Gustavson about marketing a service for grandparents to gift a “Grounded” online service to their grandchildren. It seems like an odd gift to give children, especially how most millennials today would respond to such a gift. The idea is that if there is a way to get […]
A Lesson on Perseverance
Following my recent lecture at Tennessee Tech University, there were precious few minutes before the next class was to begin in the same lecture amphitheater. So I didn’t really get time to speak to many students following my talk. However, one student made a special effort to speak to me. She was a non-traditional student, […]