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Fearlessly Stepping on the Scale
This is my April column for the Kitsap Sun/Kitsap Business Journal. How do you track the success of your business? Unfortunately, a high percentage of small to middle market enterprises (SMEs) -employers of less than 500 people – track their business success like a...
Extra Points: Kryptonite
I have yet to see the Batman vs. Superman movie that just opened, so there is no need to worry about a "spoiler" here. I've always been a Superman fan. Who wouldn't be? Here's a super hero that is faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and...
Extra Points: Keeping the Faith
"Well the good old days weren't always so good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems..." The lyrics from the classic Billy Joel song, Keeping the Faith should ring more true today than ever. Social media platforms - specifically Facebook - are filled with people...
Extra Points: Tight Shoelaces
This Week's Focus Point: Tight Shoelaces I love March Madness and the start of this year's tournament has already been filled with huge upsets and thrilling games. Unfortunately for me, this year was the time I decided to boldly go with just one bracket. Even though...
Feel the Heat
Bella is a diva. You're all probably quite familiar with Captain Jack. well, we have another - not quite so well known but as eccentric - Jack Russell terrier that fancies herself the queen of the castle. It's still a little chilled outside which makes the house...
Forever Billy
I lost a childhood friend yesterday after a 3 -year battle with ALS. One of the ways I mourn loss is to write about it. I hope you'll indulge me the opportunity to share about my friend... Forever Billy An Open-Letter Tribute from Dan Weedin Billy. That was your name...
Benchmarking You
There is well-known research showing that an inordinately large number of Americans never read a book after high school. This is only one symptom of a much larger problem in our society when it comes to self-improvement. Sadly, we as a people aren't utilizing the...
Entrepreneurial Myths & Monsters
From my March column for the Kitsap Sun One of the hallmarks of the "American dream" is for that opportunity to build your own business from a passion and have it form your lifestyle and security for generations. Entrepreneurship is a noble avocation. Many of you...
The Ultimate Goal: Thriving Through Life
Retirement is an ancient and irrelevant artifact. To deliberately stop contributing, creating, and providing value to others is unthinkable (and a slippery slope to irrelevancy and decline). In the grand scheme of things, life is blazingly short. We condemn suicide,...
