Thinking is theory. Doing is knowing. A lot of concepts run through your head during the day. When you’re working on a project a hundred different ways of producing and presenting the work will run through your mind, but until you start doing the work you won’t know which way is more feasible or will […]
In a recent article I discussed the opportunity of looking at what might be referred to as waste by-products of manufacturing your product or service and seeing if something new and valuable could be created from those leftovers. One of the examples I gave was of the humble Tater Tot which came into creation when some […]
I don’t know where you’re headed, but I do know you won’t get there by sitting on your ass. You only accomplish your goals by working your ass off and being mule-headed about setting priorities and staying focused. Even Juan Valdez wasn’t sitting on his ass I’ve seen many Juan Valdez commercials when I was […]
Today I uncovered the solution to a problem that has been plaguing me for weeks and I got that “feeling” — you know the one — that feeling of figuring it out. When you get that first flash of thinking “maybe it worked” you feel a little apprehensive. You think you got it, but you […]
An idiom I try to remember is that if you find yourself in a hole — stop digging. Holes in which you may find yourself range from being on the wrong side of an argument, taking a gamble and losing — but trying to win it back, going all-in on an idea and not admitting […]
Are you the dreamer or the doer? Sometimes people can be both, but if you ask them — they’ll have a preferred role. In the case of those Disney boys, Walt and Roy (you may have heard of them), Walt was the guy with the imagination and vision and Roy was the guy with the […]
When you’re on an adventure and exploring unknown and unfamiliar roads, you’re bound to run into a Dead End or two. Sometimes old paths collapse or well-traveled roads need to be resurfaced. Sometimes the destinations themselves have been removed or relocated and the ways that used to lead to popular points on the map are […]