Trust

Trust is a big deal in leadership. I know that is not a great revelation, or at least, shouldn’t be. If you have the trust of those who are in your care, they are more likely to execute on your directives. It goes deeper than that however. Management above you must also have the trust of their employees in order to create a culture of success.

Manager Woes

Continuing thoughts I wrote in 2017 about managing. The word manager itself suggests we only look at numbers and not people. In my experience, looking simply at measure and not the human is a serious mistake.

Michael Scott on Leadership

Known for his “hilarious hijinks” and poor leadership, Michael Scott is the fictional boss in the popular sitcom “The Office.” No longer on television, I was digging though old episodes on Netflix, when I ran across an episode, I have seen numerous times, entitled: “Business School.”

Emergency Car Repairs

This will be a short post, but simply adding to my poor person's diary that yesterday the car needed some repairs that came to almost $700. In the past, at this point in the vehicles history: 2006 Dodge Durango with 161,000 miles on it, I believe I would be headed down to the dealership and entering into an agreement for a new car.

Non Fluoride Toothpaste

I have no idea why it has been on my mind to write about non fluoride or fluoride-free toothpaste, but here we are. I have experimented with this toothpaste for coming up on two years now, so I think that is a good enough sample size to write a short post.

For the Sake of Doing it

A friend of mine related a story about their father. She said that a gentleman in their neighborhood needed a new roof, and was not able to afford to hire a company to complete the work. A group of men in the neighborhood decided to help out and bought all the materials and began finishing the leaky roof.

Finance Update

Over the last month I mentioned where I was at in my financial life; where I needed help, where I was not being healthy, where I was trying to improve.

Amazon Prime Day

Amazon Prime Day has to be the worst day for someone like me, who is trying to get his finances in order. It doesn't help that I have a couple of birthday's coming up. How am I supposed to resist all the tempting deals?

The Miracle Morning

I recently read a book that had some inspiration attached to it for me. The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod, which can be found on Amazon.

The Perfect Day

Back in 2014, I tried to write a little e-book for amazon and called it "The Perfect Day." Reading it now, it was fairly simplistic, but a great learning experience for where I was at that time in my life. I have decided to put the copy on my sidebar under "Pages."