Childhood Skills
Most parents and many kids know the truth – that experience and those basic, childhood skills really matter to success later in life. Crawling – to get to a table to stand up (not just for toddlers…) Balance – gaining Read More …
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Collective Experience
Both education and business rely in the collective experience of others to be successful. In education it is learning and reinterpreting concepts, following experiments, proofs and research – constantly building upon those who went before us. It is refined, corrected Read More …
Change in Perspective
Set in your ways? Young and impressionable? Open minded? Any of these still allow for a change in perspective. If we are unwilling, unable or uncompromising – we can’t grow. If we are too willing, able or compromising – we Read More …
What’s It Worth
If someone offers you a project, a client or a job, what’s it worth to you? Our kids are less than enthusiastic at times to do jobs for money. I have offered, what I think was a more than reasonable Read More …
Certain Services
In almost any arena of personal and professional life, there are certain services that are meant to be done by an expert. New homeowners often tackle things like their 1/2 acre lawn because they can spend a $150 on a Read More …
Worthy
Supporting a local charity, or a youth sports organization is definitely a worthy cause. Spending my Friday evening or Saturday morning; however, working at the snack stand isn’t quite my idea of valuable… Our group requires a $50 snack stand Read More …
Amateur vs. Expert
While I am not sure that this second (the right side) photo of this seasonal floral arrangement was created by a professional or not, there certainly is something to be said in regard to the value of using an amateur Read More …
Paid To Play
Wouldn’t we all want to get paid to play? That’s why finding your true passion and doing that for a living is ideal. Ideally if you can live the life you want – sharing time and meals and a home Read More …
Skewed Results
No, I am not talking about marketing spin on the (*very real!) numbers for your business – which is a lot of fun by the way…we can talk about this another time. Today, I am talking about sharing an Amazon Read More …
Carefree and Light
Holiday weekends are definitely meant to be carefree and light…so do what you want. Order out Grill Dine at a friends house Take a nap Take a swim Read nothing Read what you want to read Read your boring book Read More …