It’s not about loving the team

FYI Slight Rant Ahead. I love a few teams.  I love the ideology, what the teams represent and the fans.  Sometimes, it’s who my parents likedMost of them are Wisconsin teams.  Do I know stats, or the current roster?  Most likely not. Do I know the starting lineup for the Packers?  I just know I […]

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An Instruction Manual For Your Brain | Absolute Must Reading for The CEO (and anyone that is in a job where you must think)

The Owners Manual for your most important piece of technology | Your Brain Do you remember “The Greatest American Hero”?  The premise was that teacher Ralph Hinkley was given this amazing piece of technology, a flying super suit, with no instruction manual.  He slowly finds new things it could do throughout the series. Eventually, he […]

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Things I learned from Steve Jobs

I took my first computer class in 1981 at 7 years old.  It was programming on an Apple IIe.  Thanks to Steve Jobs I learned I loved computers. I learned that shipping things then fixing them is the best way.  Nothing will ever be perfected in the lab. I learned to have a vision and […]

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The Blessing of Bad Reviews

What to do when you get a bad review on Yelp, Google Places, or the Any Other Online Review Site First of all. Don’t panic.  At least you are paying attention to it. Did you deserve the  bad review? Is it something you should address?  If so, do it.  Yelp allows you to address the […]

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Birthday Quote

“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” Abraham Lincoln Birthdays are great milestones to help us get a bearing on what we have done and what we hope to do. Today is my birthday and although I feel I have lived a good […]

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The Most Important Ability in The Perfect Information Revolution

“God, Give us the grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, Courage to change the things which should be changed, And the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.”- Elizabeth Sifton We are bombarded with information all day. Some of it news. Some of it entertainment. We need to be […]

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4th of July Quote and a Challenge to you

“Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.” -Benjamin Franklin Freedom is a blessing we take for granted far too often, especially as we are granted greater freedoms for a greater duration.  It becomes easy to give up freedom for comfort, for seeming […]

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quotes on small victories

I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over. -Warren Buffet   We are bombarded by the stories of large victories and monumental failures.  It’s the small victories we need to target and win to keep up momentum and motivation.  It’s the small victories, that […]

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Quote about Scheduling, Presence and Procrastination

“If not now, when?” — Eckhart Tolle This simple question is deep with meaning.  I see 3 messages here Avoid Procrastination by scheduling It’s easy to procrastinate.  The problem with procrastination is the thing we put off is usually the most important things and they build up in our head to something bigger then before.  If […]

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Quote For Father’s Day dedicated to John Garlic

“The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of it.” Vince Lombardi   On this Father’s Day, I chose a quote from my Father, John Garlic.  He always quoted Lombardi to me. He was an amazing entrepreneur, and some of his accomplishments are so […]

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