The Box

November 5, 2009

“Thinking outside the box”… what does that really mean?  What are you thinking about?  Better yet, are those thoughts turning into any action? I don’t think outside the box.  I break boxes. When I decided to leave my cozy desk job in March to pursue my own dreams of business ownership, I really had no [...]

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First Gear

October 14, 2009

I am officially three weeks into Chris Jordan Daycare.  This is some serious shit.  By now my daughter has kicked my butt all over the house.  She is kicking Mom’s butt when Mom gets home.  We are 100% in survival mode.  Let me tell you, it is amazing what a three month old can teach [...]

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Priceless

October 5, 2009

Everyday when we turn on the television, radio, or browse news websites, we get reports rammed down our throats about how bad the U.S. economy is.  There are large companies going bankrupt.  We are in the “worst financial crisis” since the Great Depression.  TARP was passed a year ago… $700 billion big ones.  I’ll save [...]

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Adaptation

October 2, 2009

While I am typing this, I am sitting on the floor next to my daughter while she lays on her floor gym (or whatever it is you call this thing). It is 11:40a.m. on a weekday and I should be working… I am.  Working on being Dad.  Every fifteen seconds or so, I’m having to [...]

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Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

October 1, 2009

Opportunity knocks but once.  A cliché that will go on for generations.  I normally hate phrases like this, but this statement proves true for me everyday in my business and home life.  I think it is true for you too. Think about the phrase opportunity.  I believe when most people hear the term opportunity knocks [...]

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Twitter Time Bomb

September 30, 2009

This post relates to yesterday’s update… the concept of Time Control. But unlike yesterday, this post has a little more to do with social media.  Specifically, I want to share with you my strategy to control the time I spend on Twitter.  I view Twitter as the best communication tool available to organizations today… no [...]

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Rise of the Machines

September 29, 2009

If you are reading this, you probably got here through Twitter – my favorite social network.  And if you’re like me you probably spend a little too much time on Twitter… or Facebook, Linkedin, MySpace (yeah, I said it), Tumblr, Flickr, Ning, or Ping.  And if those don’t float your boat, you might spend time [...]

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