Bite Your Elephant

When thinking about what you need to do to have a successful business, it is very easy to get weighed down by looking at all of the potential obstacles in the way of your success. You start focusing too much on things far off and how many things must be accomplished along the way. Doing this very unproductive. It stimulates all of your fears and will … [Read more...]

Updating My Blog a Little Bit

Well, I've been changing some things around on this blog. I wanted a little bit of a different look so I have been testing out some changes. I still need to do some more tweaking so you may see changes every now and then. Don't panic if things look a little different all of a sudden. I may be updating the theme when those things happen. I still need … [Read more...]

My Favorite Time of Year

As I walk out my front door each morning, a fresh crisp nip is in the air. My nose catches subtle scents of nearby chimneys quietly permeating the air as families are nestled in their cozy homes to the warmth of a relaxing, crackling fire. There is a stronger sense of love and compassion with everyone you meet. You can hear an extra special excitement in … [Read more...]

Failure will Lead to Success if You Let It

I am a big Orlando Magic fan. I just got back from the game tonight against the Indiana Pacers. This year, the Magic are one of the top teams in the NBA and the league is really starting to take notice. The Pacers are currently floating around .500. Tonight's game should have been an easy win for the Magic. It turns out, the Magic got beat all the way … [Read more...]

Realize the Value of Your Talents

For many years, I never realized how valuable my talents were to others. Since I began playing with Linux and building websites in the early 90s, I got really good at doing some fancy things because it was one of my passions. For fun, I would set up old PCs I had laying around and load Linux on them (for you geeks, I used the Slackware distribution on a … [Read more...]

Set Your Goals

What do want to achieve in the next year? What kind of income do you want to make in 2 years? When do you want to take that long vacation you keep talking about taking with your family "some day"? These types of dreams are nice and they can be the beginning of setting goals, but they are not goals by themselves unless they have a date attached to them. … [Read more...]