1.000.000 miles & counting…

OK, follow along. I’m surprised it took me so long to figure this one out.

I always feel so short of time, and there are never enough hours in the day. Know the feeling? Well, I’ve just decided to put more hours in each day. In fact, since I like round numbers… I figure I’d make each day 42 hours, giving me a 75% increase in available time.

Simple, with one catch. Read more…

In my last post, I mentioned that I disagreed with a recent post by Sandra Simms titled, “7 Reasons NOT to Start a New Nonprofit Organization“.

Unfortunately, I ran at the mouth about why I created Where’s Your Heart? as a non-profit, so never really shared my thoughts about Sandra’s article.

Let’s just take a look at Sandra’s 7 points in order: Read more…

About a month ago, I scribbled some notes on a piece of paper that were the outline of this post. Needless to say, I’ve forgotten how the flow went… And, I apologize for not having the time to rewrite this important post.

Then, this evening I saw a post titled “7 Reasons Not to Start a NEW Non Profit Organization” posted by Step-by-Step Fundraising and I new I had to write this post. Now.

I disagree with their post. In fact, I disagree strongly. Read more…

This post could easily be called “how I continue to make my life difficult” and is meant to be a fun look on how a simple thing like having punctuation in a company name can lead to some funny situations.

The question mark in Where’s Your Heart? is significant. It’s meant to cause you to stop (or at least pause!) and ask yourself the question. To really stop, feel it, drop down into your heart…. that’s our mission. To help people find their hearts in their daily lives. So, about that question mark… Read more…

In my last post, I promised an introduction to juicing as a way to entice you into participating into Where’s Your Heart?‘s first event – Cleanse for Your Cause™.

This post is both a practical approach AND my personal experience.

In December 2008 I was bored with food. I was never hungry, but always hungry. You know that feeling? Intuitively, I knew/realized I wasn’t eating properly. Specifically, I knew I needed to eat more fruits and veggies. I just didn’t know how to work them into my diet, without too much fuss. And, I don’t have the brain to study something new just so I can learn to eat right. If I had to figure out how much protien, starch, etc. I was eating I’d be doomed.

Coincidentally, the week I started exploring and talking to friends I went to dinner with my friend Keith (the award-winning film-maker), and he announced “I just bought a juicer and it’s awesome.” Read more…

Oh yeah!

In my last post I introduced Where’s Your Heart? Foundation (“Where’s Your Heart?” to our friends) a charitable organization I’ve setup to improve people’s lives through altruistic living. I discussed our mission, and I’d like to make all that fancy talk a little more practical by announcing our first event… “Cleanse for Your Cause™“ Read more…

Where’s Your Heart? Foundation is a US non-profit organization I founded to improve people’s lives through altruistic living.

Big words, but what’s it mean? Read more…

Here’s the deal. I’m so over T-Mobile. Done.

I also don’t believe that Verizon will get an iPhone this year. Wishful thinking, sure. But, technically, I’m not sure I believe Apple will make a CDMA phone, when they can milk AT&T for a little while longer, and be in a better position with Verizon (4G) next year.

Anyways, I also don’t like my RIM browser. It’s crap. And, while the Storm 2 would be something I could live with… I’d prefer a different phone (right now thinking Palm Pre, but leaning more towards Droid). And, here’s the catch. Read more…

Yah. I said it. I’m doing something very wrong. In fact, with respect to blogging and social media, it relates to one of the biggest pieces of advice I’d give other people. Not that I’m such a big advisor, I just have a big mouth and am “a little” opinionated. Read more…

Here’s a tip for presales engineers selling complex technology.

There we go, I’m already off on a tangent. My poor brain.

You see, I said “…engineers selling…” Yep, that’s the job of the sales engineer. Don’t fool yourselves. You get paid to sell. You’re the people with the credibility. Where the sales person manages the mechanics of the sales process, it’s the sales engineer that establishes credibility and demonstrates value.

I was once questioned by a customer about a higher price than a competitor (a distributor who took my design and priced it). My response… “you pay more because you get me.” It’s a funny story, but suffice it to say that I was lucky my sales guy was on vacation that day. He would have had heart failure at my response, and he would have just matched the distributor’s price. I sold the value (along with a little humor) and the customer agreed. They purchased at our higher price.

Anyways, back on track. Read more…