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 […]
I was reading a blog post of a friend of mine’s named John Dilbeck as he was talking about the topic of learning curves and how they can hinder people in their quest to make money. I thought about it because something many of us have difficulty with at times is respecting just how long […]
“People always say to me that motivation doesn’t work because you often have to motivate people every day. I say to those people that we also should eat and bathe every day and that I highly recommend it.” – Zig Ziglar babies motivate me Although some people might not believe it after reading this post […]
One would think I’d learn. A year and a half ago I wrote something called Planning For Family Emergencies when my mother unexpectedly got sick and I found myself not knowing how I was going to pay my bills or my mother’s bills, not knowing what plans she’d made for herself or my grandmother, not […]
Many years ago when I was in a position of authority I had an employee that just wasn’t cutting it. Not only was she not able to keep up with the work but she wasn’t even really trying. by johnhain via Pixabay She’d been there before I got there and pretty much felt that she […]

