Well, it has been one heck of a summer. In May, I had the utmost intentions of dedicating my time to a Facebook beta test buildout using Tableau and seeing it through. Then, in June, our team was hit with a health setback that forced me to align my time and energy elsewhere. In September,… Continue reading End of Summer Update and a Pivot
I'm finding that a theme for the second half of this year is centering around Building Trusting Relationships. Like how Compassion was a theme in the first half of this year (didn't actually write about it, but it's true), I'm finding learning about Trust is coming at me from all angles. It just struck me… Continue reading Trust
I never thought about putting myself in the boss’s shoes in regards to how their dynamic with work changes now that they are a boss. I have had a few bosses, and I have been a boss, but the words never came on what they (and I) actually feared now that they have direct reports.… Continue reading In My Bosses’ Shoes
Whenever Troy and I talk to people about our adventure, the story we tell the most is about how amazing the porters were. As descendants of the ancient Incan culture, these Andean Indians, who spoke mostly Quechua and some Spanish, were our life support along the Incan Trail. They all had the standard blue uniforms,… Continue reading Mutual Cheerleaders: The Porters Were Our Everything
My brain got really full in May. All of the knowledge needs to go somewhere so I can find it again. Hence, this post. Python Prophet Not sure if you read the new Terms of Service and Privacy Policy from Facebook that was sent out this weekend, but in it they talk about all of… Continue reading Random Marketing Things I Learned in May
Me: Are you back?!? Troy: Wha-? Me: Are you alive? Troy: I think so. I need to pee. Me: He’s back! After drinking a full bottle of electrolyte salt water (instead of lunch), Troy sat straight up from his corpse pose and blinked around. That was my cause for the questioning about him feeling better.… Continue reading The Second Day: The Mother of all Rainstorms and On Being Saved by Jeremy, Who Became Our Mother
I recently listened to two books that have changed my personal perspective on living and my professional perspective on doing. I have pretty much told everyone who is in front of me how I'm going to implement both in order to help create lasting change in my life, and so I thought it best to… Continue reading My Big Leap with No Regrets
