Mitch's Blog

I’ve been on a quest this year to try to talk about “professionals”. All of us have an idea of what we consider a professional to be, and I’m not talking about sports. Basically a professional as anyone who take their jobs seriously, while making sure to take the time to treat others who are […]

I tell it like it is, which means sometimes I tell stories that involve real people; okay, I always tell stories that involve real people. I often hope that if it’s a lesson post, like this one is about to be, that the person accepts it as it is, if they actually decide to stop […]

Back in 2001, when I decided I was going to work for myself, I decided I needed to stock up on supplies. I drove to the office supply store and started buying things I felt that every office needed; stapler, pencils, tape, pens, packs of paper to print on and pads to write on, and […]

Everyone’s heard the phrase “don’t put all your eggs in one basket”, right? It’s so true in so many different ways that I figured it was time to do a business analysis of this phrase. After all, it’s something that, for an independent consultant, can be hard to deal with. Depending on what kind of […]

Over the past couple of days I’ve been out of town on a consulting assignment. While out of town, I decided to take a trip to one of the local casinos, so to speak, to play a little bit of poker. I’ve made no secret on how much I love to play the game. I […]