Archive for December, 2011

    Leah Oviedo   Leah and I have been friends on LinkedIn and revel in a comradery that has been mutually beneficial over the past couple of years!   Her success story is a great read and inspiration to me for the New Year on how one person can make a difference in their own community!   Leah […]


    RECIPE FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR Take twelve whole months. Clean them thoroughly of all bitterness, hate, and jealousy. Make them just as fresh and clean as possible. Now cut each month into twenty-eight, thirty, or thirty-one different parts, but don’t make up the whole batch at once. Prepare it one day at […]


  Mitt Romney Romney Sheep @  http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/sheep/romney/ Regarding the current batch of  Republican presidential candidates, I am reminded of  Stealer’s Wheel’s, “Stuck in the Middle with You”  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMAIsqvTh7g Well, I don’t know why I came here tonight I got a feelin’ that something ain’t right I’m so scared in case I fall off my chair And […]


    According to Susan Heathfield @ http://humanresources.about.com/od/retention/a/emplo_complaint.htm   Here are  the TopTen gripes employees have about their bosses… Higher salaries:pay is the number one area in which employees seek change. You can foster a work environment in which employees feel comfortable asking for a raise.  Internal pay equity:employees are concerned particularly with pay compression, the differential in pay […]


Remembering our Military Brothers and Sisters….May you come home soon…     May you have walls for the wind a roof for the rain drinks bedside the fire laughter to cheer you those you love near you all that your heart may desire     Wishing you and your family health, happiness and success this […]


Diane Chase Diane posted a great Holiday message in Jay Block’s LinkedIn Protean Career group that is a good read for all of  us… I believe that many of the members of this group hunger, long for and actively seek to “be the change” they would like to see in the world. We all move toward the […]


Kathleen Joy Dahl Kat recently submitted a response to the question I posted in my LinkedIn Creative Design Pros Group, “What would be your Holiday message to our fellow group members?” Here’s Kat in her own words… consider the real value of your own blessings…I connected with Kat’s story line on how dogs are truly man’s best […]


“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle” But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people; first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is […]


  Our first year of life is viewed as a whole pie As the years progress, the single slice of pie that represents each year keeps getting smaller… …and in the end, we all know what happens Here’s my toast for the Holidays…Cherish your life…enjoy fully every slice, savor every crumb! Al Bagocius The A & I Consulting […]


Jerry Sinclair http://www.linkedin.com/in/jrrysinclair Jerry & I have been friends on LinkedIn for the past few years…he’s been a great inspiration for me and has on a recent discussion…hit the proverbial nail on the head about us through the actions of Tim Tebow. Here’s Jerry in his own words… Timmy has taken the platform of being […]