I was at the gym last night riding a spinning bike and rocking out to music on my IPod when the shuffle brought up Janis Joplin and her version of “Me and Bobby Magee”. As I listened to the song with Janis belting out each line, “Freedom is just another word for nothing else toRead the Rest…
Freedom is just another word for nothing else to lose
February 21st, 2012Are you LinkedIn?
February 14th, 2012A few years back a friend of mine who owns a marketing company told me about an upstart web site that was similar to MySpace but for business. He encouraged me to sign up and then invited me to Connect with him. I didn’t think much about it at the time and for almost aRead the Rest…
How much is one life worth?
February 7th, 2012Events of the last week have forced me to think about how much one life is worth. A very good friend of mine, who had been having a lot of problems over the last couple of years, took their own life last week. This person was so full of happiness and showed such love andRead the Rest…
It’s not always about the money
January 31st, 2012Those of you who have been diligently following my blog have read about my changing philosophy on marketing over the last few months and my efforts to concentrate on networking so that it is my firm’s primary source of lead generation. I’ve invested in LinkedIn upgrades and devoted one day a week to reaching outRead the Rest…
Thirteen million one hundred thousand people unemployed in US and I can’t find an employee!?
January 24th, 2012That’s right, strange as it may seem, I’ve been looking for months to hire an on-site apartment manager with some maintenance skills and an apartment maintenance technician. You would think with so many people out of work in this country that there would be a long line of qualified applicants for these two positions butRead the Rest…
Are you living the life?
January 17th, 2012I stopped by my local scuba diving shop occasionally to get a quick dose of diving conversation and to see if there is anything new in the market that I might not be able to live without. Each time I stop by the shop I ask the manager, Randy, how he is doing and heRead the Rest…
Lack of planning on your part does not require rushing by me!
January 10th, 2012It is always frustrating to me when I plan my schedule so that I have time to comfortably make my commute from one appointment to another to only have one of the people I’m meeting with either not in their office, running behind with a meeting or otherwise detained so my appointment with them isRead the Rest…
It is now time for change!
January 3rd, 2012Traditionally, the start of the New Year is a time to reflect over the events of the past year and consider the possibilities for the coming year. On a personal level you might take stock of our financial and physical wellbeing, deciding whether to stay the course or make changes that will positively impact yourRead the Rest…
What a difference a year makes!
December 27th, 2011Exactly one year ago I began writing blogs and over the course of the year I’ve really gained a lot of knowledge about the process of blogging. The early blogs were easy to write as I had a lot of topics pent up inside me just waiting to be expressed. As the weeks went byRead the Rest…
Thirty percent of US population arrested by age twenty-three!!!
December 20th, 2011Perusing the newspaper last night I came across an article heading stating that thirty percent of the United States population had been arrested at least once by the age of twenty-three. While I read no further to find the basis of this disheartening fact I nodded knowingly as I am only too aware of theseRead the Rest…