When a business or government leader wants to check on how their organization or agency is doing, they often institute surprise inspections. Management of these organizations and agencies know that they are more likely to discover what’s really going on when inspections are a surprise. Surprise inspections differ from announced inspections ... [Continue Reading]
Good Grief; Get Your Child An Eye Examination Already!
Just the other day, I received an appointment reminder from the optometrist that it had been two years since my last eye examination. On the one hand when I received the notice, I thought what’s the big deal? I don’t need an examination to tell me what is painfully obvious. I’m blind as a bat. I can barely see anything without contacts or glasses ... [Continue Reading]
What About The Missing Children?
On March 8, 2014, 227 passengers and 12 crew members on Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappeared. For the past thirteen days, the missing plane has been the lead news story on just about every media outlet. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has become a universal fascination as one of the world’s greatest unsolved mysteries. We Are The World The ... [Continue Reading]
Are You Carrying And Transmitting Fixin To?
There is an epidemic influencing children all over the country. To date, there is no medical or pharmaceutical immunization or vaccine that can be prescribed to prevent the spread of this plague. Just like any other childhood illness, this illness can wreak havoc on the life, longevity and quality of life for anyone who becomes afflicted with this ... [Continue Reading]
Quick Tip – No One Needs Your Tolerance
The last week or so there seems to be one news story after another about tolerance. Tolerance in the NBA (Jason Collins), tolerance in the NFL (Michael Sam) and tolerance in Arizona (Anti-Gay Bill). Not only have stories about tolerance been headline news but we, the people, have been asked to tolerate the sexual preferences of a minority. Yes, ... [Continue Reading]
Quick Tip: Apply The Pareto Principle
In the early 1900s, an Italian renaissance man Vilfredo Pareto introduced a concept. The concept now known as The Pareto Principle is a rule that states in most situations roughly 80% of the outcomes emanate from 20% of the sources. Pareto Principle: Inside The Numbers From the observation of land ownership in Italy and the growth of Vilfredo ... [Continue Reading]
Ordinary Man With An Epiphany To Share
A couple of weeks ago, I shared with you my epiphany. In case you forgot, I will restate my epiphany. My epiphany is that we must find a way to eradicate homelessness. Homelessness is social commentary that says more about those who live in homes who do little to nothing to eradicate homelessness than it does about those who are homeless. First ... [Continue Reading]
Will Your Family Ignore These 5 Essential Strategies This New Year?
A couple weeks ago, I had the honor and privilege of traveling to California with my son and visiting some of the best Universities in the world. I call our father-son time together, the California Dreaming by Plane, Train and Automobile Tour. http://youtu.be/_akwHYMdbsM As proud and excited that I am to be the father of a son who has the ... [Continue Reading]
Tis The Season To Give Gifts That Will Last A Lifetime
Now that we have gorged like bears preparing to hibernate for the winter as we did only weeks ago during Thanksgiving and have shopped until our credit scores dropped just as we did only days ago during Black Friday, maybe now I can get your attention when I say “Tis the Season”. For the record, you might want to note that when I say “Tis the ... [Continue Reading]
Sustainable Living Means Nothing If We Don’t Support Those In Need
Last week, I spent time again in sunny California. California is quickly becoming one of my favorite states. Lots of sunshine, warmer weather (although any place outside of Siberia is warmer than Indiana), scenic locations, all year outdoor activities from skiing to surfing, creativity and technological innovations everywhere, top colleges and ... [Continue Reading]