The Fallacy of “I Can Sleep When I’m Dead”

The Fallacy of “I Can Sleep When I’m Dead”

Early in our son’s career, he looked up to a business owner who regularly shared his mantra, “I can sleep when I’m dead.” This man was hard driving and focused. He drove a fast car and took exciting trips. Our son watched him and wanted the fast car and exciting...
To Everything There is a Season

To Everything There is a Season

For everything there is a season, A time for every activity under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1 As a farm girl from Northwest Ohio, I’m deeply attuned to the seasons of planting and harvest. I understand the time needed for a plant to develop the fruit of the harvest. The...
The Rx To Get Your Creative Mojo Back

The Rx To Get Your Creative Mojo Back

In a former life, my job was creating and testing recipes in the Borden Test Kitchen. I got paid to play with food! It was an awesome job in many ways! One day, I was testing recipe variations for the Magic Cookie Bar recipe made with Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed...
The Day I Hit The Wall

The Day I Hit The Wall

Bandwidth: In computing, the amount of data that can be transmitted in a fixed amount of time. The first time I saw the red flags was during a conversation with a vendor, who is also a friend. We were discussing the next steps of an integration he was doing on my...
Rhythms of Productivity

Rhythms of Productivity

Over the past month, I’ve had some in-depth conversations related to productivity. I’ve also had some productivity experiences in my life that caused me upheaval and angst. During one of these conversations, I was encouraged to write a blog post about it. As I...