When I become stressed out, I really struggle with treating people as well as I want to treat them. If I am angry, frustrated, or stressed I don’t have patience and I don’t work with people in the best way.
I need to be more conscientious that I am not the only one who struggles sometimes and even when I have a tough time, I need to work to treat other people well.… read more “Kindness”
I spent my weekend building a new time report for my team that I called the “NA Report”. I still need to set up unit testing for it though before I take it live.
It will be another busy weekend for me! This morning I am doing some planning for Coalition and hope to get a little bit of programming done on my tools. At 2, I will go rock climb at Cliffs of Id with my friend Scott then at 6 my wife’s grandpa has his birthday in Pasadena.… read more “Weekend Priorities”
Travelling can be tough because it pulls me out of my healthy habits. Thankfully, I don’t have any more travel planned till Christmas time. I like to get my healthy habits going like:
I am thinking about this idea for my team members:
Available only for critical employees
Based on annual revenue – if the company earns $1m a year today and $10m a year in 5 years, that is a 10x increase to the bonus
If employee leaves (resignation or termination) prior to vesting date, no bonus will be paid out
Once the bonus is vested, the employee can cash out when they please.… read more “Phantom Stock Idea”
Laurel and I are going to drive to Phoenix tonight to visit Grandma Gross. We will pick Grandma up tomorrow and then drive to Aunt Crystal’s cabin about two hours north. Then we will drive all the way back on Monday. So much driving.
A great danger to any business is when a client asks for one-off services outside of what you routinely do.
For example, we recently brought on a SEO client who wants us to help optimize his site for Italian keywords. This led to our recruiting team trying to find an Italian speaking writer.
Distractions like this are very dangerous to a business because your core work doesn’t get the attention it should.… read more “Focus”
One thing I have discovered the hard way is that you can’t change people. If you try, you will just get frustrated but won’t get anywhere. If someone causes trouble for you, don’t keep them in your life. If you do want to keep people in your life, you have to accept them as they are.