Make It Happen!

As the end of the year is only a few days away…I am left with a feeling of accountability; as if I need to recollect and list the accomplishments of this past year.  I will say that it did go very fast but was full of moments that were significant and certainly pivotal.  I won’t share my little list, it doesn't matter to anyone but me…and that is what is so great about it.  Regardless of what life brought us in 2012, we were all impacted in some way.  Take the time to think about some of these moments – good and bad – and reflect on them.  These can be instances where you made an important business decision, a change in a habit, started a friendship or experienced something brand new. Take some time to really process everything that has happened over the past year and truly appreciate the affect that it has had on your life. The small stuff can have a big force.  We can really learn from things that make sense to us and if we don’t...

Ralph Waldo Emerson said… ”Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.”   I couldn’t agree more.  Therefore, I present to you this lovely layout with this blog content... see my layout version in the graphic that I inserted.  I am learning the new Adobe CS6 Creative Suite.  This is quite an undertaking as the software is massive and very powerful.  It will allow a user to do photo editing, altering and enhancements, digital, print and desktop publishing, create videos, podcasts, music mashups, websites, iPad and smartphone apps, graphic design…and even more.  So you can imagine what an undertaking it is to start from pretty much the beginning in my efforts to learn this software.  I am doing this through reading a book that is literally about 6” thick and watching all of the fabulous videos available online.  I read and watch then I try to duplicate and apply what I have learned. So, how d...

I am a proponent of systems!  By systems I mean the procedural methods that we develop in business and education that allow us to be objective when making decisions, producing materials, training and building a team, and implementing policies and the list goes on.  When using a tried and true system, an organization can be assured that they will be consistent, fair and above all diplomatic in how they handle all situations.  Most people who rely on systems and find value in them give similar reasoning as to why they are used.  However, what isn’t being acknowledged and what we don’t say out loud is that with the system comes less accountability for decisions that are made.  When someone makes a business decision or changes a policy or hires someone based on qualifications and is questioned about WHY… they have the SYSTEM to back them up.  We get to take our personal reasoning, educated knowledge and that “gut” feeling out of the process.  Sometimes t...