Category: Other Thoughts

The concept of students loans, let me give you “free” money now and don’t pay until you graduate, is at a minimum setting our young people up to carry a heavy debt load and in the worst case will become such a burden on them they will not be able to become the consumers the… Continue reading Free Money is Killing our Economy

Time is a resource. The problem is we don’t typically think of it as a resource. If you were to keep track of the time you spend in your day that has no value, you would probably be surprised. We are all given the same amount of this resource. We all have 24 hours or… Continue reading Removing Wasted Time

Despite what you have been told, a successful career is not about focusing on you. It is about being the best support of others you can be. Be of value, not an expense. Success will happen. In this ever-increasing narcissistic world I have been convinced that those that think only about their career and their… Continue reading Success is Not a Goal; Success is a Result

The owner of a company I worked for always said to me, “Just do the right thing”. He hired me to implement a Quality Management System in his company because he had watched my career from a distance and was comfortable I was the right person to get the job done. In my first few… Continue reading Just Do the Right Thing

In the last 20+ years I have driven well over 500,000 miles. In fact the two cars we currently own have over 450,000 miles together. I have driven the vast majority of them. They were company cars that we purchased from my previous employer after I had driven them for three years each. It was… Continue reading What do they teach in Drivers’ Training?

There is an old saying that says, “A man may work from sun to sun, but a woman’s work is never done". Before we get all lost in being politically correct, remember it is an old saying. I wish men would recognize that managing a home is hard work. Combine that with the typical woman… Continue reading …But a Woman’s Work is Never Done