A lot of times we feel guilty when we stop what we’re doing and take care of ourselves. As entrepreneurs, we pride ourselves on “working 80 hours a week to avoid working 40”. We skip vacations, work holidays and weekends, and late nights. “Whatever it takes” to get ahead, right? If we aren’t working harder […]
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Attitude Matters
Have you ever known someone with just a really bad attitude? One of those people who just never could be happy, or see the good things in life over the bad. They can sometimes drain the life out of people who otherwise have a great attitude. Now imagine this. You run a company and you’ve […]
Business Decision Making
If you have ever played a sport like soccer, basketball, or hockey, you know that you can’t just shoot at-will. You need information in order to decide whether or not it’s a good idea to take the shot. At the same time though, you can’t wait around forever to take the shot either. In sports, […]
Situational Awareness
In the military, missions depend on every soldier’s situational awareness. Noticing something out of the ordinary when a soldier is at war can be the difference between life and death. I’m not exaggerating either. For example, a seemingly innocent pile of rocks can indicate a potentially deadly situation. Enemies would frequently use stacks of rocks […]
Being Prepared
I was originally planning on talking about being prepared in the military sense. Having backup plans for when plan A goes wrong. The last, almost, two weeks has thrown me a huge curveball though and it gave me a crash course in being prepared. On September 1st, my wife was admitted to the hospital. Shortly […]
