A huge pat on the back to all who survived the first month of the back-to-school routine – by far the most involved time of the year for me. Between getting acquainted with teachers and school schedules, adjusting bedtimes, and all the extra driving we have to do as parents – it can affect not […]
The Shiny Object Syndrome
With 2017 nearing its last quarter how many of you have completed your New Year Resolutions for this year or at least have come as far as half-way to completing them? How many of you even remember what goals were important enough a year ago to make it to your list? According to statistics, only […]
The Cemetery of Ideas
In a small Austrian town Riegersburg, outside of Graz, there is a chocolate factory that produces hand-made organic and fair trade chocolate straight from beans to the final product. In this truly whimsical place, you will not be greeted by Willie Wonka. Instead, you have a good chance of running into the equally whimsical Josef […]
A Dream Team – the Formula for Success
The ultimate goal of any business is to produce results and be profitable. Results are what allows us to live our dreams, so what is the best way to steadily grow those results year after year? I would find the answer to that question soon after I was promoted to Division Manager back in 2011. […]