SBC Call Forwarding

I never can remember this, so I thought I’d post it here. To activate Call Forwarding, press 72# Dial the number you want to forward calls to. When the call is answered, Call Forwarding will be activa

Gratitidue for March 24th

Sometimes I’m so proud our the SageRock team that my heart actually feels like it’s swelling. I don’t know how that works. But your “heart swelling with pride” is real and I just felt it. So, I though

Akron Childrens Web Cast

If you are free at 5:00 today, check out this live webcast. It’s highly innovative and it’s happening right here in Northeast Ohio: Beacon Journal | 03/22/2006 | Heart-stopping webcast

Backing Up Outlook

Did you know there is a Microsoft tool that automatically backs up your Outlook files? I didn’t. But it turns out there is. Read about it here and get backing up:Outlook Backup Tutorial

My Salsa Recipe

!vb:vs,17490! I am somewhat of a salsa snob. I can’t seem to ever find a salsa that I really like. I have, however, put together a salsa recipe that I totally love. This is a video that goes about 10

Franklin Covey is good for you.

Check out Franklin Covey and get organized:

To Do Items

There is a list of stuff in my life that I am interested in doing, actually seem worthwhile, but aren’t time sensitive. Stephen Covey calls these Quandrant 2 things… Things that if I did them would ad

My Vote Is… We’re Already In A Civil War

I’ve been saying over and over again how I think we are headed for civil war in Iraq. I realized that we’ve been in the middle of one for some time: Civil war – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia “A civ

My Perfect Day

Someone recently suggested I write down my perfect day. That seems tricky to me because I can imagine many perfect days. Watching movies and playing video games all day. I suspect I would try to find

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I’m Grateful For Rocky

Today, I’m particularly grateful for Rocky from a strategic perspective. So often, she sees things incredibly clearly. She listens more clearly than I ever can. She is a personality at a meeting that

Gratitude 2-26-06

I knew I wasn’t going to do this every day. I have a lot to be grateful for these days. I feel like I have conquered several battles recently. I won my second Toastmaster speech. You get a sweet pen.

Empathy

This is a topic that I think about quite a bit. But the deeper I think about it, the harder I realize it is. Actually, the deeper I look at anything, I’m realizing these days, the harder I realize it

I’m Giving Up Fear For Lent

I may not be Christian, Jewish or Islamic, but I know a good tradition when I see it. In spite of that grim reality or more likely because of it, the Gospel’s imperative to “fear not” is good and welc

Beacon Journal | 02/24/2006 | Family incomes slide

Beacon Journal | 02/24/2006 | Family incomes slide Average family incomes, after adjusting for inflation, fell to $70,700 in 2004, a drop of 2.3 percent when compared with 2001. That was the weakest s

Toastmaster Stats

Daily driblet The average new home has 2,412 square feet, an increase of nearly 50 percent from 1973, reports the L.A. Times.

Communication

I read and think a lot about personal and business growth. It seems that virtually every problem that has to do with you and someone else can all be fixed with open, clear communication. There was an

The SageRock Core Value

The SageRock Core Value reads: The concern, respect and empathy for the individual people we come in contact with at SageRock is our single core value. I’ve recently been thinking about what: Concern

Harvard Business Review on Management Innovation

Harvard Business Online | HBR This month’s issue is about Management Innovation. Man, this book is a good read. I’m so cheap I am always reluctant to dish out the $18 an issue on the news stand. So, I

Laptop Shopping

I am in the market for a laptop. I’m thinking of going ultra portable. I want something that I can take with me everywhere. I’m leaning towards Dell. I thought I was going to go with the X1. But today