Archive for January 23rd, 2009

Taking Time Out to Play – Summertime and the Living is Easy

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

As the song goes, this is the time to relax, rest, rejuvenate and reward yourself for all the hard work you’ve been doing. As they say, all work and no play makes Jack & Jill a very dull boy & girl. We all need time to relax and just “play.”
No matter how much you truly [...]

Gold is Money

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Gold always has been and always will be wealth, but using it as money has been a problem. Today there are articles in the financial press that certain countries (usually small ones) are going to go on the gold standard. That means you may turn in your paper certificates for a specified amount of gold.
Nixon [...]

Spouse Improvement: Influence Your Partner to Change in Just 7 Steps

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Everyone has something they’d like to change in their partner. Here is a 7-step process to create a change in your partner. The key to the success of this process is that it makes your partner want to change instead of feeling coerced.
1. MAKE A LIST of the top three behaviors your partner [...]

Four Obstacles to Exceptional Leadership–Part 1

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

“Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.” — Orison Swett Marden
Every day leaders are faced with challenges to expand their thinking, overcome obstacles and embrace potential growth. It is my belief that leadership hinges upon the [...]

Strategic Thinking or the Lack of It – Hurricane Katrina and the Levee System

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

New Orleans is surrounded by waterLake Pontchartrain, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico. The city rests an average of six feet below sea level and the city’s safety has long depended on one of the world’s most extensive levee systems.
On August 29, 2005 at 11:00 a.m., the eye of Hurricane Katrina came [...]