How Deep to Dig
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Do you ever wonder if you are asking too much, digging too deep or simply have expectations that others seldom seem to meet? The drive for excellence, not equating excellence with perfection here, is an awesome journey for those that are on that path. The challenge comes when we meet people who simply are not […]
Read MoreIt Isn’t About the Points
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“May I have my water?” I asked politely as I finished checking in. “We don’t have any water,” the young man working the front counter responded. “It doesn’t have to be chilled, just a couple of bottles of room temp water is fine,” I said. “We don’t have ANY water,” he relays with a bit […]
Read MoreCall of Duty
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Have you ever had an obsession that made you absolutely nuts? Nuts in that no matter how hard you tried, you just couldn’t quit thinking about that “thing” that was consuming you? For me, this has happened a few times in life. The first time I remember it happening was when I was […]
Read MoreWhy Mentor?
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December 1997 – my wife goes to a school in the small town south of Charlotte that we had just relocated to. She meets with the principle and asks, “Is there a family in need that we can help this year?” Being new to the Charlotte community, we wanted to help locally and thought that […]
Read MoreYour Word, Your Honor
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Your word. That is really all you have. NDA, MNDA, CA and other acronyms try and define silence and guide you to be discreet, but really it’s just your word. All you have is your spoken word, as in: I will not disclose this idea, concept, thought or effort to anyone, especially if it could be […]
Read MoreCome Together
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Why do we come together in a time of national, regional or local tragedy, but we can’t seem to do it daily? DATELINE: October 7, 2016, Carmel, CA enroute to Charlotte, NC I’m watching the news today, seeing the impacts of Hurricane Matthew, viewing video on several social media platforms, and wondering why it takes […]
Read MoreThe Internet of Things
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The Internet of Things is a phrase that we are hearing more and more often. This is in it’s infancy, so be prepared to hear it many more times. Many have a general grasp of what it is, but why does it matter to you, a regular person living a “normal” life? It matters because […]
Read MoreContinue to Hire & Train or Retain with Continuous Training
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This post has been nagging at me for a good while … nagging in a good way, as I knew I had to write about this topic or go mad(der). Yesterday did it though. I was reading an article on LinkedIn and it reported that an absurd percentage of people who change jobs, do so […]
Read MorePredicting the Future… Many are Trying
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For the curious mind, for some it’s better defined as the Monkey Mind, the thirst for what is next is never far from your immediate thoughts. I just spent an excellent week surrounded by some of the brightest people in the Data Center and Mission Critical world, and heard many answers to, “What’s next?” The […]
Read MoreOld vs. New vs. How Good We Have It
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I just returned from a trip to Guatemala, where I studied the Mayan Ruins pretty diligently and it really made me think about the engineering and construction feats accomplished during the building of these ancient cities. As I juxtaposed those thoughts of manual labor, working the limestone quarries, moving stones so large in size, so […]
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