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Extracurricular Activities- we all have to grow up sometime

I already graduated from high school, so why am I still playing rec sports and seeking extracurricular activities? I guess, because that is what I am supposed to do, right? I have always had a, morning to evening schedule packed with classes/work, sports, clubs and varying social shenanigans. It seems the only constant event which

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Leadership styles, built to last… Part 1

Sorry Jimmy Collins, going to borrow your book title, don’t worry I’ll give it back. What is your leadership style? How are you able to lead a team? Your mission is to exceed performance, while helping others achieve their goals. Well how the *blip* do we do this? Can this success be analyzed, documented and

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Why I got an iPad!

1) because it’s cool 2) because it’s really freaking cool But seriously, why did I just spend $500 on a device which heats up to temperatures over 110 degrees, drains my 4G LTE on solitaire, and lies about its battery life?? And if you believe Apple would put out another product with any of these

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These are a few of my favorite things

Published on March 17, 2012 by in FoStrategy, rant.com

If statements and look ups, sumifs and pivots… these are a few of my favorite things. If you have no clue what I am referring to, than this post is probably not for you.** I’ll admit it, I’m an excel nerd and proud of it. Excel just makes life easier. It started as a way

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Is motivation enough?

No, it’s not. Good post, cya out there. Wait what? Monday morning pep rallies, inspirational quotes, positive reinforcment, aneqdotes to over come adversity… They are all good and deserve to be imbedded in every organization. But it’s only part of the story, to truly influence learning and in some cases change, we need to move

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What we’re doing here v2.0

We are changing things up once more, definitely “on to the next” fashion. This time we are looking at what is happening today. Not only to gauge success but begin to plan the logical next steps. It’s not necessary to plan each step for 10 years into the future, there’s going to be a lot

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Will that be all?

Published on February 4, 2012 by in FoStrategy

Just ask the question and I promise nothing bad will happen. Truthfully, Starbucks would have gotten another $3 out of me had they taken that advice. Rewind to Friday morning, Place: Starbucks drive thru Mission: Cup of Joe Impulse: bottle of water, and maybe some berry- berry coffee cake.. Final Purchase: Cup of Joe Jason 1 :

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Why is writing a bio so difficult?

Published on January 21, 2012 by in FoStrategy

That was difficult; it took me about an hour to complete my LinkedIn summary. Not even an official bio, just a summary. It came out to be two paragraphs and a random sentence describing the company I work with. What’s unfortunate is, it’s terrible. This is going to take a while. Before I attempt version

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It’s a Ragnar, wait what?

Published on January 16, 2012 by in rant.com

I’m still not sure what a Ragnar is; I am not sure if I did a Ragnar, if I am a Ragnar or if I’ve been Ragnared… After letting this experience marinate for about a week and reflecting on the pictures from the weekend, some facebook acceptable, others not so much. I’ve decided I want

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And the steal of the draft…

Published on December 24, 2011 by in FoStrategy

9th round pick, Rob Gronkowski, or how ever the heck you spell his name. Truth be told, i thought i was picking the Pats kicker and turned out to be a tight end… Kidding! Last we left off i had just completed my 2011-12 NFL fantasy football draft. One which i felt particularly proud about

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