Archive for October, 2008
Donna’s Corn Maze
This past weekend a friend told me about Donna’s Corn Maze located in Donna, TX. While this may not be of interest to all my readers I thought I would pass it along to my friends in the Rio Grande Valley. This appears as if it may be a fun place to take the childern [...]
Jason Carney – Southern Heritage
This is one of the most moving performances and is worth sharing with my readers. Technorati Tags: poetry, slam, spoken word
Alternative Energy in the Future for the Rio Grande Valley
Image by andreaweckerle via Flickr A recent Brownsville Herald article provides some hope that for alternative energy with the first home in a planned development that has a wind turbine. The development will encourage home owners to install wind generators, solar panels, and other alternative fuel sources. All homes will be grid connected with “reverse [...]
The Ten Commandments Of Making A Sandwhich
Michael Showalter’s Ten Commandments of Making a Sandwhich. Don’t listen if “blue language” offends you. “Nothing’s off limits, everything is in play!” Happy Monday! Technorati Tags: comedy, joke, MichaelShowalter, Ten Commandments, YouTube
5 Simple Techniques to Maintain Focus
I frequently coach my team on techniques they can use to become more effective and one of the areas that I have found the greatest challenged is in remaining focused. Here are five simple techniques that I use to maintain focus on the critical projects and issues. Keep your work area uncluttered. Clutter becomes a [...]
Outlook Macro: Flag and Move Message to Follow-up Folder
As my readers know I follow many of the Getting Things Done methods and when it comes to e-mail I try (usually unsuccessfully) to keep my inbox uncluttered. In Outlook there is a great feature called Flags that will turn an e-mail into an item on the To-Do list without creating a task. Of course [...]
Integrating New Habits and Routines as You Shift Your Goals
Most planning and productivity systems, like Franklin Covey® and David Allen’s Getting Things Done, place a focus on establishing life goals and envisioning what we want to become. Essentially we seek our driving principles by asking “What will my perfect life look like?” Are you a great parent, spouse, employee, business owner, humanitarian, athlete, risk [...]
