A Great Week at Work
This week was a great work experience.A year ago that would have been a difficult thing to say after the week I’ve had. Two years ago it would have been…
Trust
I’ve started reading the Seven Habits of Highly Effective people. I finished chapter 1 this morning. I’ve started the book as an audiobook several times, but this in one that…
Stella’s at One Year
March 12, 2018, was the day that we because proud owners of a laundromat.We’ve owned our business for one year now. Looking back, it seems like the year has both…
Long-Term Thinking
The Nidaros Cathedral took 230 years to build. We are a short-sighted lot, we are. I have been reminded of that fact several times this week. I’m going to select…
I’m sorry
Two words: “I’m sorry”. Three if you count the contraction as two words.Short, simple, yet for some reason so difficult to say.I can’t explain why, but my experience is that…
The Ant and the Grasshopper
The Ant and the Grasshopper is one of the more popular of Aesop’s fables. It’s main theme is to not put off to tomorrow what can be done today.We experienced…
Self-control
“Self control is not a problem in the future, it’s only a problem now, when the chocolate is next to us”. – Shlomo Benartzi TEDtalk: Saving for tomorrow, tomorrow When…
Distractions
I’ve been struggling with distractions the last few weeks. For me it always starts in one of two ways: either I start watching tv, Netflix or movies, or my workload…
January is finally over
The last three weeks have been a whirlwind of activity on multiple fronts. It surprised me how much time it had been since my last post.One of the coolest (pun…
#TaterTough
There is a boy in my town named Tate Schaefer. Tate is in fifth grade. Five weeks ago, he was diagnosed with a rare, inoperable tumor on his brain stem,…