The Culture That Surrounds Technology

Did you know there is a right and a wrong way to use social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin? The reason I know this is because the internet is bombarded on a daily basis by posts, articles, and ebooks on the best uses of these tools. Shoot, I’ve even written a few “best practices” posts. Seems everyone has …

7 Ways To Tweak Your Time Management

When it comes to time management, the easiest question is to ask: What time is it? You can go up to most any stranger on the street and ask that question and he or she will have some idea at a good answer. The harder question is this: What will I do with my time? In response to that people …

Is Foursquare One Too Many Squares?

I love social networking. I like the connections. I like the conversations. I even like the little “numbers” games that people play with followers and following (although it’s a little awkward to tell someone “I’m following you”). There are so many social networking options out there. New opportunities to connect with people, with locations, and with great deals show up …

The Missing Ingredient In Listening

In one ear and out the other. It’s a common cliche’ of a critique where a conversation (or perhaps a monologue) ends with one person feeling like the other didn’t listen. They heard you. They nodded their head in affirmation. They even recited back to you word for word what you just said. But listening did not take place. What …

Give A Smile, Get A Smile

There’s probably some scientific evidence to back this up somewhere. If you smile at someone with a genuine, heartfelt smile – they will smile back. It works 9 times out of 10. I don’t know if it’s an inborn trait or cultural conditioning. I know there are people out there a lot smarter than me who can answer all the …

Which Is More Fair?

Here’s another difference between whiners and winners. A whiner will demand more equality. A winner will earn more equity. The feeling that life’s not fair is more of an excuse than a reason. Some folks want to be treated like everyone else or afforded the same opportunity as everyone else…except they don’t want to have to put the same amount …

A Leader’s Job Security

Problems are job security for leaders. If there aren’t any problems to solve then there really isn’t a need for leaders. If everything was easy, leaders wouldn’t be essential. Watch what happens when those around you encounter problems. Each of us face a temptation to do one of the following:

Martin Luther King, Jr Said…

…the following… All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality. Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase. Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it. Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted. I believe that unarmed truth and …