Use a Guide: Be Prepared and Be Ready One of the biggest challenges in fresh water fishing is having the right tackle in your bag, bucket, or boat. You can have prime conditions, incredible water clarity and temperature, but if you aren’t presenting the right lure you aren’t going to catch fish! Many a fisherman...
A dear friend and a 20+year veteran of pastoral ministry received a hate-filled, vitriol-laced unsigned email today from a fake Gmail account. He resigned 2-weeks ago, after serving the parish for 10 years. The two pastors preceding him served six and three years. In church/pastoral circles this church has the reputation of being a grinder,...
Whether you’re a fan or not, country music has some of the most prolific lyrics about life’s ebb and flow. In between the songs about Mama, trains, prison, fishin’, drinkin’, trucks, divorce and hell raisin’ there are other songs that touch the heartstrings. One such song was recorded in 2001 by Diamond Rio. The title? One...
Many years ago I worked for an ADHD boss. He had the attention span of a gnat. Actually gnats are more persistent/consistent than he was. He would simultaneously hold multiple conversations during meetings to the point of total confusion. He was brilliant in many respects, but in terms of giving someone/something his undivided attention...
Recently Clemson Head FB Coach, Dabo Swinney took exception to a text he received at home from a reporter regarding his star, sophomore QB, Trevor Lawrence. While it hasn’t been confirmed a report circulated the day before that Lawrence had undergone an MRI for a bruised shoulder in the Texas A&M game. According to Greenville...
Establishing yourself, or your company as an expert in your field is accomplished through a variety of digital marketing efforts and a lot of hard work. It doesn’t matter if you are a B2B, or B2C company, both benefit from sharing their expertise. Providing high quality products, services, and great customer service is only the...
Say No! Everyone wants the “Yes!” Yes, as in, yes we have a deal, yes, you are hired, yes, we can do that, yes, we are excited to have you as a client, yes, we look forward to your business and on and on. But what about the times you really need to say, “No!”? If you...
A couple of years ago a young sales professional was going door to door in our neighborhood cold-calling for a well-known pest control company. I had barely opened the door when he launched into a tirade of criticism about my current pest control provider thanks to a small sticker with their logo on my front...
With the exception of Clemson and Alabama, college football is definitely different than your company’s website. Why? Because there are too many variables and metrix when it comes to websites v.s. College football teams. Try to pick a perfect weekend college football parlay card. It’s all but impossible. Why? There are too many variables. Injuries,...
There’s a line that’s repeated in Charles Dickens’ classic, “A Christmas Carol,” by the suffering child, Tiny Tim. At the Christmas dinner he proclaims an addendum to the prayer, “And God bless us, EVERYONE!” The line is repeated at the end of the story to show Scrooge’s incredible, revelatory change in character and attitude. “Everyone,”...
