Have Courage
Inspirational Thought I gave a speech at my Toastmasters club in late 2009 about what it means to have courage. Lucky for me, it was …
Inspirational Thought
Why
Inspirational Thought I recently had the pleasure of watching Simon Sinek’s video on TED titled, Start With Why (YouTube link). The premise behind his talk …
Have Courage
Inspirational Thought Do you have courage? What is to be courageous? Both are loaded questions, but I think we can answer them easier than we …
Don’t Sacrifice. Compromise!
Business Strategy/ Motivational Do you sacrifice the things you like in order to make your boss happy? How about your partner in business or life? …
Be Stern with Goals, Flexible with Roads
Motivational As my business development efforts have continued for iEngineer, my startup company, I’ve learned that you have to be flexible with how you achieve …
Happy New Year
I wish you all a safe and enjoyable new year year celebration. May this new year be the best you’ve had, achieving all of your …
Heroes that Matter
Inspirational A number of months back I wrote about my father’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis in the post How Can I Forget. At the time of that …
Half Full vs. Half Empty
The Optimist’s Perspective I recently met with my financial planner about personal and professional tax and investment planning. These types of meetings can be depressing, …
Success is Earned
Motivational I read The Science of Success (Amazon link) by Charles Koch, the CEO of Koch Industries. There were a lot of good lessons I …
Where are our Optimists?
Weekly Rant It’s funny how when faced with dire straits there are no optimists to be found. The reverse is true when money is flowing …