Steak Night
When I was a child, steak night was a family tradition as far back as I can remember. My family moved from Anderson to Connersville, IN, when I was four. My dad was the produce manager at the Standard Grocery store in Anderson. He accepted a promotion as manager of the Connersville store. My younger [...]
A Simple 6-Step Blog Writing System
I use a 6-step blog writing system to keep me on track. I’ve written a lot about blogging, even a book, How to Stay Ahead of Your Business Blog Forever. However, the other day my best friend asked me how to write an article for an online publication. I asked what her topic was. She [...]
Life in these United States
My mom and dad both made it into Readers Digest Life in These United States. It was a collection of funny and sometimes heartwarming anecdotes about life in America. The first time my parents were in the magazine was in 1973. The Ben Davis Giants and Decatur Central Hawks played Indiana's first high school overtime [...]
How To Conduct a SWOT Audit on Yourself
Have you conducted a SWOT audit on yourself? I've facilitated SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis for organizations and teams, but I recently had an epiphany — why not perform a SWOT analysis on myself? Would it work? A SWOT analysis is an auditing tool to determine possibilities, direction, and help define the mission [...]
My Zoom Meeting Background Story
My Zoom Meeting Background story isn't pretty and I'm not sure it's funny. We all remember learning to zoom during the pandemic. For many, including me, it was new. I'd done a few online meetings but was not very experienced. I had much to learn, how to set up Zoom, where to point the camera, [...]