Mitch's Blog

There’s a funny commercial on TV these days. It’s a Miller Lite commercial, where a guy and his girlfriend are sitting in a bar. He’s got an arm around her and his other hand is wrapped around his beer.
She asks him if she and his dog were about to [...]

A few months ago I was reading a blog where the writer was asking the question if we were ready for success. I’ve always said that I was mentally ready for success, and I really believe that.
I also believe that sometimes it feels like when it rains, it pours, and [...]

Two years ago I wrote a post called Check The Ceiling For Spiders, after a spider dropped in front of my wife’s face one evening while she was sitting in my office talking to me. At the time I talked about making sure you check things to protect your business [...]

The Wednesday before the Super Bowl, I was watching an episode of Man Vs. Food on the Travel Channel. It’s a show where this guy travels around the country sampling the best that different eateries have to offer, but each week he takes on an eating challenge from a specific [...]

I say often that I like being correct. And I’m not afraid to argue my points when I know I’m correct. But every once in awhile, I figure that it’s time to leave an argument or discussion alone because neither side is going to budge, and the last thing [...]

Sunday night, after the Super Bowl, a show came on called Undercover Boss. I don’t usually watch these types of shows, but for some reason I was intrigued enough by the premise that I decided to check it out.
The President and COO of Waste Management, Lawrence O’Donnell, III, decided to [...]

There are two types of people who help others in the world. One are people who help because it makes them feel good. The other are people who are looking to get something out of it.
I think I have one of those faces that makes people think I need [...]

On Tuesday afternoon I was at a meeting of an organization whose board I sit on. In this particular instance, I also hold an official position; no, I don’t get paid for it.
The conversation turned to one that’s fairly common in most companies, but it was a crucial discussion about [...]

A few days ago I asked Can You Overcome Interruptions. This time, I’m asking you how well you’re able to hit deadlines.
In all of our lives, there are times when we’re tasked with finishing something by a certain time. When we were kids it was making sure our homework [...]

If you saw my post a few days ago explaining where I’d been because of my blog problems, then you can imagine that, though I got it working, something had to have messed up. In this case, it was something I thought was relatively minor, something I did that it [...]