Wow, I am still recovering from the weekend celebrations! We kicked it off with a feast of great Mexican food made from scratch by my Aunt on Friday night (she cooked all day and not a single thing came from a can), to the anniversary party on Saturday night followed by the family reunion held on Sunday [...]
Archive for the ‘Life Lessons’ category
The 50 Year Journey
August 4, 2010Measure Twice Cut Once
July 14, 2010From the earliest project that I could remember, my father taught me the lesson of measuring twice and only cutting once. I am not even sure when the lesson happened; I just remember it being ingrained in me in such a way that I now say it to my son and even others near me [...]
Where is my muse?
June 9, 2010Some are born bloggers…others of us blog because we desire the benefit. For those who don’t come by it naturally, what is your muse for posts?
Serendipity and Simplification
May 12, 2010I recently got lucky by being reminded that simplicity is not the enemy, but rather an ally.
Judging the book by its cover?
April 14, 2010Who knew there were so many opinions about why a man grows a beard? Talk about judging a book by it’s cover, it’s not always a bad thing…
Being Putty
March 4, 2010If you want to get good at something, look at someone who’s great at it, and model what they do!
School of Hard Knocks
February 15, 2010Wikipedia defines this as “The School of Hard Knocks is an idiomatic phrase meaning the (sometimes painful) education one gets from life’s usually negative experiences, often contrasted with formal education. It is a phrase which is most typically used by a person to claim a level of wisdom imparted by life experience, which they consider [...]
Validation for the Checklist!
January 28, 2010Do people harass you for being organized? There’s definitely a case to be made for taking the time to be organized, and out producing those who just “do”.
Self Talk – What do you say to yourself?
January 12, 2010We are likely to hear 148,000 “no’s” in the first 18 years of our lives – if we grew up in fairly average, reasonably positive homes. Studies show that as much as 77% of what you tell yourself may be working against you. We can all use a little more positive in our lives!
Taking a Lesson from the Boy Scouts
December 31, 2009You may already know that many of our Presidents were Eagle Scouts, and many professionals today attribute the choosing of their aspirations to their exposure to a Merit Badge. We can all take a lesson here and do a gut check anytime we have a decision to make that may impact our lives.
Paul Helm
