Taking It to Work: How do you define “power”? Google has eight different definitions, but the one that is most “powerful” to me, is “the ability to influence or create change.” It make sense. When we say a cannon is more powerful than a BB gun, we are really talking about the amount of “change” that will occur when each Read more…
Taking It to Work: It may be more commonplace than we would like to admit, but we don’t always work as hard for our boss as we might let on. Daydreaming, surfing the web, extending the lunch hour, reading and sending personal texts or emails; all erode the effort we should have applied to that hour in which we agreed Read more…
Taking It to Work: How many times have you been in a tough spot? A spot you were very worried about, but with your effort and God’s help you got through it. For me, those times are innumerable. I have written a few of them down over the years in my journals, especially when I really saw God’s hand move, Read more…
Taking It to Work: Rules. As a kid, we didn’t like them. As we grow, we see the true utility of rules. The fact that everyone knows what side of the road to drive on, that red light always means stop, and green means go. These are good rules or laws that keep order, and also often keep us safe. Read more…
Taking It to Work: Rest. At one time it was a commandment, to take one day’s rest in seven. It was called the Sabbath. It was the last day of the Jewish week, otherwise known to us as Saturday. Among other things, the Sabbath was to be a reminder to the Jews that they no longer had to work seven Read more…
Taking It to Work: I have always had a difficult time taking the time to plan, yet for most of my life I had positions that required that very detailed plans be made. In the engineering world I was in, the project engineer owned and was responsible for the program’s schedule. Projecting when milestones would be completed, and then doing Read more…
Taking It to Work: In March of 2008, I was invited by a business owner to join him at a weekly meeting of other business leaders that were members of an organization called FCCI. At the time, I was working as an engineer in Boulder, Colorado, but was feeling lead to possibly buy this gentlemen’s business. Well, that first FCCI Read more…
Taking It to Work: One of my greatest disappointments as an adult, is realizing that everything is work. As a kid, especially in our very affluent culture, you want this, you want that, you want all the stuff money can buy, and all you imagine is all the fun it’s going to be. So, as you begin to have the Read more…
Taking It to Work: Ok, today is the first day of the rest of your life. Every one of us, without exception, wants to improve in the coming year, ,whether it be in our careers, finances, health or our own questionable behavior at times. We all know though, that nothing really changes unless something changes to drive the change in Read more…
Taking It to Work: I remember my grandfather telling me that it was very easy for him to quit smoking. He said he had done it a hundred times. Well, the New Year’s resolutions are coming. If stats are right, about forty percent of us will have at least one resolution this coming year, but only nine percent of us Read more…