Consider the black licorice jellybean. When I put one in my mouth and start chewing, the vile flavor of anise fills my mouth and I clench my jaw, hoping that my teeth will be able to hold back the forces of my tongue as it seeks to eject the unwelcome intruder from my mouth. There […]
Naysayers Say Nay
What else would they say? Are they encouraging? No. But are they doing something better? They might have better ideas and a thousand reasons why your idea is wrong or bad. But they aren’t living your life. You are. When you create something, you say, “I did this.” And you offer it to the world. […]
Who Are You Really Trying to Serve?
This morning, I received a sales call from an online business directory service. Despite my initial reaction to get him off the phone as quickly as possible, I decided to find out how this service could help my company. The man carefully explained the service and his entire pitch was cleverly crafted to assure me […]
Today’s Irony
I was suckered…or at least…maybe I was. Last year, I gave to a charity that appealed to me on an emotional level. However, as more appeals arrived throughout the past year, it seemed as if they were appealing to the precise emotion that got me to respond in the first place. The emotion was not […]
The Uncertainty
There is that point at which you don’t know if it’s going work. What matters is what you do at that point. Do you give up? Do you dig in? Do you panic? Do you thrive? What’s the worst that could happen!? Imagine the worst has happened…what would you have done to change that? Now…do […]
The Power of Face-to-Face
A couple of years ago, I was leading a huge project. We had an immense amount of work to do and a very short period of time to accomplish it. My little team was forging new ground and executing highly detailed procedures on massive amounts of data…and the process could not be automated. We scheduled […]
Mixed Feelings about Transformers
Time to be honest. I hate Transformers. No, not the movies. I’m not even talking about the classic cartoon series. I am talking about the toys. The Transformer toys of my youth weren’t too bad. They could be changed from vehicle to robot and back in a few seconds. Which wasn’t too bad when you […]
Death of a Legend
A couple of years ago, I had an in-flight meal that included a two-pack of Oreo cookies. Not having a cup of milk (or coffee), I didn’t eat that delightful treat and dropped in my backpack. Once I got home, it found its way onto my desk…where it sat…taunting me…for years. The truth is that […]
Simplicity may take Complex Thinking
My team is currently involved in a really complicated project. Really complicated. By way of summary, we are building a multilevel representation of unmanned air vehicles that goes from very generic to very specific with each subsequent level of detail connected to the former. This allows actual systems (very specific) to relate to other actual […]
Should is NOT an Action Word
This week, I was absolutely blessed to have coffee with a good friend. This is a seriously busy, high impact kind of guy and I am always so grateful to get a piece of his time. He is definitely one of those guys look up to in my professional, family, and spiritual walks. A couple […]
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