mrohde on November 22nd, 2008

We are nearing the end of the year and most of us in management positions are being asked to provide our plans for next year including budgets, staffing plan, high level project identification, and numerous plans. Thought the year I try to take stock of my position consistently but we all get wrapped up in [...]

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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 [...]

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mrohde on May 10th, 2008

 I’ve spent the last couple weeks trying to catch my stride. I completed the last course of my MBA and attended the graduation ceremony. I’ve had some major projects hit the front burner at work which have required some additional attention. I found some time away from work for some family time back in Sheboygan, [...]

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mrohde on November 6th, 2006

At the start of any journey is it is important to know the destination, if for no other reason than to answer the fighting children in the back seat asking “are we there yet?” When starting on a financial journey it is important to know if ones intentions are eliminating debt, increasing savings, buying a [...]

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