Corporate life is rather glum when you think about it. You spend most of your day inside four walls, usually containing a cube that is roughly 20 square feet (4X5). You spend your time in this box staring at a computer, talking on the phone and/or writing on paper or your whiteboard. While there are [...]
This was a recent status on my Facebook page:
Day of discovery:
1) Sleep is important
2) You never know what you are going to end up with at the company gift exchange
3) Running in the cold is very motivating
4) Never venture downtown during the holidays unless driving a Sherman tank
5) Customers will tell you what you niche [...]
Identifying human behavior across a society is the focus of many sociologists. As an analyst, identifying human behavior through data is my interest. Whether I am looking at sales data, cost per unit, economic forecasts, or even toilet usage charts, looking at data patterns can identify key changes in behavior.
Take a look at the chart [...]
Moments can be hard to find.
Sure we all claim to live in the moment, but the moment I am talking about has to do with those warm fuzzy feelings.
The warm fuzzy feelings you get when the circumstances are just right. You know, the feeling you get when:
you are having dinner with someone that you can [...]
Communities can take on numerous forms. Whether it is a community of athletes, a community of scientists, or even a community of geographic location, similar interests bring people together. In fact, one individual can be a part of many communities at the same time.
From the Maya civilization to the British Empire and the foundations of [...]
Balance is one of those things that I think a lot of people go through life without. It applies to just about everything and can be hard to achieve. In fact, we often forget to look for the balance in every situation.
Here are some examples:
1) Horseback Riding – The rider must balance their weight on [...]
Immersion is the concept of surrounding yourself with a given subject to concentrate on learning it.
The GOOD
The good is that immersion is a very efficient way of learning something. You can jam pack a lot of information in a very narrow window of time. Picking up the basics of a new language or skill is [...]
Collaboration. It is a powerful word.
Cities are built on Collaboration.
Business rely on Collaboration.
The future of your career depends on Collaboration.
According to Malcolm Gladwell’s “Outliers”, some of the most intelligent people go untapped because of their isolation. It seems the truly successful outliers were well connected with those that helped them take the steps toward world [...]
Wins only come every so often. If they come too frequently, they lose their value. If they are too sparse, our willingness to achieve them dissipates.
When a win occurs, we often find ourselves on cloud nine. All of the sudden, your world is the happiest place on earth; you want to share the good fortunes. [...]
A gift does not have to be big nor expensive and it must be given without any expectation of something given back in return.
Receiving a gift from someone, be it advice, an unexpected phone call, or even a small quarter can be powerful tool. It triggers those warm fuzzy feelings that makes us feel [...]
