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There’s Nothing Like the Smell of a New Laptop
Feb 12th
“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” ~St. Francis of Assisi
My new laptop arrived a couple of days ago and I have been immersed in moving my computer life from an older machine to a new machine. This is quite a bit more work than I had imagined, but it will be worth it. I travel quite a bit for speaking and I write for hours each day – pretty much every day, so I got the best laptop that I could find for mixing travel, speaking ( I use my laptop as a prompter while the audience sees the presentation on the screen behind me.) and writing while on the road. I ended up choosing the new Sony Vaio “F” series with the fastest quad processor and lots of ram. I have only been playing with it for 2 days now and I love it. Fast – super fast and Windows 7?- this is a great improvement over Vista. I am sure that Vista had some great features – I just never found them. I had downgraded the 5 computers in my system to XP to avoid the madness of Vista. Anyhow, I love the Sony “F”. I love what I have experienced of Windows 7. And of course, there is nothing like that new laptop smell!
That’s all the time that I have for today. Till next time faithful reader…Jack
“The greatest masterpieces were once only pigments on a palette.” ~Henry S. Hoskins
Labor Day Jack Style
Sep 1st
“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.” ~Ovid – Publius Ovidius Naso (43 BC – 17 AD) Roman poet known to the English-speaking world as Ovid
I have celebrated, observed, enjoyed and sometimes received holiday pay for Labor Day most of my life. I assume that even when I was a young sprite that I did something on Labor Day – I just have no memory of it.
Until today, I had no idea what this holiday was really about – although I certainly was able to guess that it had something to do with work based on the title. For those of you in the USA that are similarly lacking in knowledge, and others outside the USA that have interest, here is some information gleaned from the internet: More >
Could “A Simple Twist” Enhance Your Company’s Results?
Jun 30th
“Things do not change; we change.” ~Henry David Thoreau
Questions. I love a good question. Good questions take my brain in new directions and put me into different and useful perspectives. Let me ask you a few questions today:
- How is your company doing this year? Is it doing all that you want or need?
- When was the last time that you evaluated how you and your company perform critical tasks?
- When was the last time that you brought in an outside (not already part of your company culture) trainer or consultant?
- Did you know that there is a very strong correlation between you and your company’s commitment to ongoing training (especially outside training) and the ultimate success of your company?
I asked you these questions today to “prime you” for a testimonial. I had the pleasure of sharing the stage earlier this year with an outstanding trainer and consultant: Tim Murray of “A Simple Twist”. Tim immediately grabbed the attention of the audience, entertained the heck out of them, gave them some memorable new ideas and left them energized. He can breathe new life into material that you already need your employees to learn and he comes already equipped with a great breadth of timely and critical trainings that it would serve you and your employees very well indeed to see. If your budget permits, do yourself and your future a favor, and have a conversation with Tim about what he can do for you. More >