On Your Mark, Get Set……
Earlier this year, I set a goal to run a 1/2 marathon. Not a bad goal to choose, and certainly more ambitious than the average American couch-surfer. There are lots of people who have run…
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Fear Factor
I am a person who is, shall we say, not comfortable with vertical distances. In short, I have a fear of heights. While I’ve made it more manageable over time, I still prefer staying far…
Easy as Riding a Bike.
I have to give a shout out to my son, Jamie – recently, he and I finished our fourth Seagull Century – a 100 mile bike ride out on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. If you’re…
Meet Market.
I got to spend all of one day this week at a recruiting fair for a new project that’s just getting started. Like some job fairs, it may only be a meet-and-greet, but what may…
Think Bigger.
There’s a book that’s a staple in many self-improvement libraries called “The Magic of Thinking Big” by David Schwartz. The text on the front of the book says, “Acquire the secrets of success… Achieve everything…
Fail. Gloriously.
This week, Jonathan Trappe attempted what would have been a first – crossing the Atlantic with a ‘balloon cluster’ – essentially a bunch of balloons tied to a rubber lifeboat. Sort of like the movie “Up”,…
Find a way.
This week, 64-year old Diana Nyad did something something no one else had ever done before. She swam 110 miles from Havana to Key West, without a shark cage. Swimming that far is impressive by…
How to Pass the PMP (or any) Certification Exam
Back in high school, I wanted to be a radio personality. In order to get a full-time job, however, you had to pass the FCC 3rd Class Operator exam. I was a decent student in…
Who do you work for?
Some days, I wonder what I’d do without technology. Other days, I wonder who’s in charge. Every so often, I have to streamline what tech tools I’m using – some applications have become too intrusive…
Technology Changes. People Grow.
It’s getting close to Fall, so it’s back from vacation, back to school, back to work. It’s also time for Apple to make yet another game-changing product announcement (and for us to try and guess…
Mickey Mouse Outfit
I’ve been on vacation out in Southern California over the past week, several days of which were spent at Disneyland and other Southern California amusement parks. My son and I being major roller coaster fans,…
Are you Certifiable?
As in instructor in my company’s PMP (Project Management Professional) boot camp, I’m sometimes asked why certifications are so important. I have more letters behind my last name than are actually IN my last name…