We can choose to live our lives, day to day, without any sense of direction. Our time is given to the daily emergencies at work or the mundane duties we must perform at home.

I hate the days when I am overly busy.  I move from tasks to tasks.  Email to email.  Conversation to conversation.  I go home at night feeling like I didn’t accomplish anything.  It was a wasted day in a life that is wasting away.

This blog will lift the veil behind my writing process and give you a sneak peek into how I structure my most private thoughts.  It will also give you a glimpse of the time and effort it takes to bring a decent blog to your screen.

This is a Toastmaster speech about why waiting for inspiration to motivate yourself is a recipe for disaster

It's not easy being a people manager.  You have your employees, your customers, and your own boss to please.  But don't forget what people managing is all about.  People managing is about being a leader who can inspire and motivate their team to be better, to do better and to reach their highest potential.

Here are three secrets to accomplishing just that...

It’s a travesty that our best hours each day are spent in distraction.

Distraction destroys our ability to fall into a deeply focused state which leads us to compromise on the work that we deliver.

Remember being asked, “What do you want be when you grow up?” 

As children, we all come up with some of answer. 

Even if we don’t have a clue what growing up actually means, the adults tend to lead us with ideas such as a lawyer, doctor, firefighter, or an astronaut.  

The most magical moments after a week of meetings are the moments right after the meetings end.  Only after it all ends do I get a chance to zoom out and reflect in silence about all the lessons that I learned.  

Don't make the mistake of moving forward into the next year before you have a chance to think about your past year. What are some things you should think about? Find out in this blog.