Archive for Archive for September, 2007
The Fall Guy
I just watched a great presentation put on by a safety expert on the art of falling. Well, actually, it was about preventing falling in the first place. The speaker was presenting to a group of contractors (my clients) on the topic of fall protection. The subject can be a difficult one [...]
Guest Blog - Rutgers and Notre Dame Football: The Transformation of Two Organizations
I read this blog from Dan Coughlin yesterday and loved it. I wanted to share it with you. For all of my friends in management positions, what do you think about it?
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I have a good friend, Alan Weiss, who is a graduate of Rutgers University. I’m a grad of the University of Notre [...]
The Blondie Rule #2 – Lessons from my dog – The rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated
Last month (August 20), the Blondie Rule #1 dealt with overcoming “analysis paralysis”. This month, you will learn how my dog has taught me about perseverance.
The famous quote by Mark Twain listed in the title surely applies to Blondie. In late December of 2004, she was diagnosed with a malignant tumor in her gum. The [...]
So Long Cy
Do you remember when you met someone who had an impact in your personal and professional life? I’ll never forget meeting Cy Wyse. Cy was a mountain of a man in his early 70’s. He had been an outstanding basketball and football player in his youth and you could tell that although [...]
Are You Prepared for the Unexpected?
I’m teaching my first class for the National Alliance for Insurance Education and Research tomorrow in Seattle. The class is for Certified Insurance Service Representatives (CISR) and I’m at the stage of the process to teach the first half of the class. Presenting in front of a group has never been an issue [...]
Are You Ready to Change?
My good friend Darren LaCroix (the guy to the right) recently moved from Tulsa, OK to Las Vegas and I followed his journey during the long drive between the two cities (read Darren’s blog). After speaking with him last night, it brought back memories of all the moves I’ve made with my family since I [...]
Let Your Dawgs Out to Play!
Who let the Dawgs out!
That’s my daughter Kelli and me enjoying a beautiful day in Husky Stadium where our Dawgs were beating up on Boise State. We ended their 14-game winning streak and most importantly, got off to our first 2-0 start since 2001.
As you can imagine, everyone wearing purple in Husky Stadium was ecstatic [...]
Your Words Have Power…
Did you read an article in today’s paper by Travis Reed from the Associated Press about the death of an old major league ballplayer named Bill Henry? Normally, an article like this only catches my attention because I’m a sports junkie; however this one had added intrigue. It turns out the Bill Henry [...]
What you can learn from Wii®din
We just bought the new Nintendo game Wii® on Saturday and boy, is it a hoot! How many of you have Wii®? For those of you scratching your head and wondering what the heck is Weedin talking about, let me explain. Wii® is basically a PlayStation ® console where you can play video [...]
