·       66% of employers said a bad hire lowered the performance of their company ·       18% of companies said a bad hire negatively affected a client relationship ·       Cost of a bad hire can be 30% of an annual salary and many times much more Recently we wrote an article called Staying in Your Lane, all about how managing is a key dynamic of a great company or team and one of the major pit falls is poor hiring. From the stats above you can see that more than half of the

“No one will ever tell your story like you can.”  Anonymous When I was in high school there was a girl that I really liked, but I had no idea how to approach her.  She was a Junior and very popular in school and I was a freshman slightly buried in the shadow of my older brothers.  Because I didn’t have my own reputation to stand on, I decided to write her a letter and had a friend deliver it to her.  This plan was going to work perfectly but it actually went horribly wrong! T

Every now and then I have these dreams where I run into a future version of myself and I always wake up with a new perspective on things. When I was working through a very challenging project I was so close to just quitting and deciding to do something else. For weeks, I was going back and forth about changing my focus, then I had this dream that changed how I looked at things. I ran into myself five years into the future and we had a conversation about how the project I was

One of the things that you have to love about kids is there innocently rude honesty.  Yes, kids are so innocently honest and they can’t help it if they haven’t been taught how to tone it down. Like the time the lady was talking and laughing with her friends and her daughter walked up beside her. When everyone got quiet the little girl looked at her mom and said “oh your breath stinks”. The truth is all the other ladies were thinking the same thing but no one said anything, in

Dear citizens the recent changes in the tax code are leading to major changes throughout the entire United States so you want to make sure your local and state government officials are taking these four things below seriously.  If your officials are not talking about these things, email this article to them and tell them that you expect them to pay attention because if they don’t your town, city and state may suffer in the near future. ————————————————————————— Government off

When I was younger I always spent time around older kids.  It was awesome because no one messed with my in the neighborhood or at school.  I was like the “little kid boss.”  This all came about because of a peach tree.  All of the kids loved the peaches from this tree but it was behind a fence and guarded by a very mean dog.  Climbing the fence was out of the question because the dog would kill you before you got to the tree, so I came up with an idea. At age five, I was the

As a kid I was always amazed when I saw people doubledutch (the process of jumping while two ropes are simultaneously moving in an opposite circular motion). I always wondered how they were able to focus on jumping, while also making sure they wouldn’t get hit by the rope. After talking to a friend who did it very well, I walked away with a simple answer—Just Jump In! I think the same goes for starting a business. When it comes to starting one, many people are like I was. Alw

Everyone loves a great party! I mean the type of party you remember long after it’s over and still bring up with your friend’s years later. One of my most memorable parties would have to be my wedding. I know it sounds a little bias, but it really was a great party. Between my wife Lola and I, we have lived in over 7 countries on 4 continents and have visited over 15 countries, so we have friends from all over the world.  With all of this in mind the wedding was planned to be