A bit easier said than done, right? This book grabs the ideals adding time back to your day. In fact, if you look at GTD or the “Getting Things Done” principals, you will almost find a cult of people…
UPDATE: Contiki is suspending the voting right now. They are having MAJOR Facebook issues, so they’re going back to the drawing board. We’ll try again later! Bridget and I signed up for a Facebook contest, held through Contiki Tours, to hopefully travel to…
2004. A lot of things happened that year: Bridget, Graduation from UNR, 1880 Simpson, watching a game at Fenway for the first time, and the Red Sox won the World Series for the first time in 86 years. Bill Simmons, a writer at…
“ It’s a Major Award!” “Shucks, I wouldn’t know that. It looks like a lamp.” “ What is a lamp, you nincompoop? It’s a Major Award. I won it!” “Damn, hell, you say won it?” Nothing is quite as memorable as in the…
Bridget We celebrated Bridget’s birthday at the Skyline Café. Nothing wrong with some potato pizza on a Friday night. Plus we were able to get the band to play Bridget a little melody for her birthday. Nice! Andy For my birthday, Bridget gave…
This book had an interesting journey. It started off in the hands of David LaPLante, who then discussed the power behind the Maslow pyramid with the executives at One to One. Snippets of insight were passed along in our employee meetings, and the…
I had to recently do a bit of research on Maslow. So here’s the long winded version: Hierarchy of Needs In the mid twentieth century, Abraham Maslow, developed a theory on what motivated people to do certain things. Instead of focusing on research…
While enjoying yourself at a distant beach, your phone chirps for attention. Curious, you find a Pet Weather Warning on your phone: “Heavy Rains: Keep your pets inside today” Your neighborhood has been surprised by a fast-moving rainstorm. What to do? You’re hundreds…
Conversations are happening. About you, about me, about the text we got last night, and what our dad just said. In the social realm, not only content, but conversational content is king. It’s worth sharing and responding to. But how do you effectively…
I actually bought this book for my dad for Christmas. And Bridget had the same idea, but for me. This was a quick read and had an interesting story. The author described life growing up with a man who couldn’t care less about…