Google detects an enormous amount of spam coming into my inbox. They segment it and put it in the Junk folder. Literally hundreds a day and thousands a month. I am sure some “good” non-spam email gets caught in there, but I really can’t spend the time to check. I am left with no choice…
Jared is going through a phase where he is extra nice. It’s great that phases like this exist. He is giving me extra hugs and cleaning up after himself and even cleaning up for Matthew. We often say about children, “Oh, they are just going through a phase.” I wonder if that keeps happening in…
I saw this on Bill Scott’s blog. It’s a presentation about the culture and values of Netflix. To me, this is a huge issue for most companies. They don’t understand their own values and don’t articulate them even if they exist. Most mission/vision statements are just happy talk. Netflix just went up a full star,…
I asked Ethan to tell me about his day and he got frustrated and annoyed. It is not natural to be able to tell a story and it takes practice. So I started Ethan’s education on The Art Story Telling. Disclaimer: This is highly simplified. Ethan is 9. A good story has a beginning, middle…
The last 5 days I have been on a family trip to Lake Tahoe. We stayed in a cabin with about 15 other people. Some of them were family, some of them were friends of family. When going on a trip, what you are really buying are interesting memories. You want to remember specific things…