This morning, I was at Starbucks... (shocking to y'all, I know). A woman was struggling over the coffee makers they have there for grande or perhaps in this case Venti D'argent! I cornered her at the fixin's bar and said. Those Saecos are a ton of money. I suggested my Cuisnart. There is now about 4 of them in the family. We love them! Grinds beans. Stainless pot. Things she had said she liked about the Saeco. Told her Kohls has them on sale a lot. Then.. wait for it... We started discussing "Amazon.com and Shopzilla.com" The coffee pot lady said.... hmm... I think I will check out Amazon.com. THEY HAVE GREAT REVIEWS! She not only wanted my opinion but that of the Amazon community.
Multi channel community! It is here to stay.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Tour Scandal - By Phil Liggett
Yup.. I am being lazy. I pulled this article off of the Versus site. I think Phil does a great job at saying what needs to be said. I look forward to today's stage. I believe in clean riding. I also think that the tests and facilities have huge issues. This needs to be solved without self promotion. If you race dirty, you impact:
The list goes on... Race fair, Race Clean, Race Fast ....
Rasmussen Pulled From Race
By Phil Liggett
July 25, 2007
So, the Tour de France is punishing into chaos tonight after both, the French team and the Dutch Rabobank have packed their bags and headed home. The seal of 189 riders in London are now down to 135 to final days heading into Paris. Just what the millions of spectators will make of this, remains to be seen. They certainly will not see the race leader for the past nine days and today’s stage winner, Michael Rasmussen. He was sacked by his Rabobank team for lying about his whereabouts when he failed to make himself available for the now well-documented out-of-competition drug test. His team manager, Theo de Rooy, said that Rasmussen had told him he had been in Mexico with his wife. We all know now that Rasmussen has been seen training in the Dolomite Mountains in Italy. The team then withdrew because of the Code of Ethics, which is now agreed within professional teams.Earlier in the evening, I had also dreaded to go home for the same principles after former Italian champion, Christian Moreni, had tested positive during a spot check on Stage 11 for synthetic testosterone. Moreni finished this afternoon and was then taken away in handcuffs by French police.The new leader of the race will be young Spaniard, Alberto Contador, 1:53 ahead of Cadel Evans and Levi Leipheimer who is plus-56 seconds in third. Thank heavens none of these three riders have ever been remotely suspected in dealing with drugs and could now turn out to be the race’s saviors.Tomorrow is going to be a strange day.
- Yourself
- Your family
- Your country
- Your sponsors abd their shareholders and employees
- Your teammates as well as their country and families
- Every professional cyclist and team
- Ability to secure other sponsors
- All other professional clean atheletes
- Amateur racers
- Freddies like me that just pedal around the lake for exercise
- Businesses that make money off cycling - Media Sponsors - Broadcasters and everyone that makes a living as a result of cycling
The list goes on... Race fair, Race Clean, Race Fast ....
Rasmussen Pulled From Race
By Phil Liggett
July 25, 2007
So, the Tour de France is punishing into chaos tonight after both, the French team and the Dutch Rabobank have packed their bags and headed home. The seal of 189 riders in London are now down to 135 to final days heading into Paris. Just what the millions of spectators will make of this, remains to be seen. They certainly will not see the race leader for the past nine days and today’s stage winner, Michael Rasmussen. He was sacked by his Rabobank team for lying about his whereabouts when he failed to make himself available for the now well-documented out-of-competition drug test. His team manager, Theo de Rooy, said that Rasmussen had told him he had been in Mexico with his wife. We all know now that Rasmussen has been seen training in the Dolomite Mountains in Italy. The team then withdrew because of the Code of Ethics, which is now agreed within professional teams.Earlier in the evening, I had also dreaded to go home for the same principles after former Italian champion, Christian Moreni, had tested positive during a spot check on Stage 11 for synthetic testosterone. Moreni finished this afternoon and was then taken away in handcuffs by French police.The new leader of the race will be young Spaniard, Alberto Contador, 1:53 ahead of Cadel Evans and Levi Leipheimer who is plus-56 seconds in third. Thank heavens none of these three riders have ever been remotely suspected in dealing with drugs and could now turn out to be the race’s saviors.Tomorrow is going to be a strange day.
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Double Down on Enterprise Social Networking
I mentioned the "We are Smarter than Me" project in a blog entry a couple of months ago. Well, the first revelations are in the process of being fine tuned into a book that was written by the crowds. I am extremely privileged to have an copy of the compiled book. My prediction is it will be the Fall 2007, "Good to Great" for the business world. I am not going to give away the end or even a sample of the case studies that are included. You are just going to have to read it for yourself. Remember, the proceeds of the book are going to charity.
I was working on a project today with the manuscript while getting a pedicure and manicure. It got me to thinking about the history of community and the Internet. It made me want to "double down" on my bet of the future of enterprise social networking. I feel like my company has two aces with a dealer on a bad luck streak. Time to double down!!
Having moved around the past couple of years, I have consistently had to depend on the members of the new community to provide counsel and advise on EVERYTHING. I ask colleagues, neighbors, and strangers for recommendations on landscapers, doctors, nail salons, hairdressers, mechanics, and restaurants. I relied on the community for my immersion into a new environment.
I observed a small example of this while in the nail salon today. I had just finished reading a small blurb in the text about people have historically depended on their communities for direction .... think of the bazaars and farmers markets still in existence in the third world. This is a place for shopping for information and goods and services.... Don't by fish from him for x reason or the stall over two has a great price on widgets.
Today, three perfect strangers were swapping restaurant reviews about area restaurants. The top spoons go to Good News Cafe in Woodbury and Thomas Moran's Petite Syrah and Forsythia's in Washington and New Milford respectively with a communal nod that the Cookhouse was certainly a great establishment. Weren't we all lucky to have so many great options? Then it happened! The oldest member of this gaggle of women and the youngest started talking about Restaurant.com. "Isn't it great? You can rate the restaurants, read reviews, see menus and make reservations." said the Matriarch EUREKA! This is socialized networking and enterprise networking .. and more than that a multi channel community that restaurant.com had in a nail salon.
There are people which believe that this is a bunch of hooey. I know them. As a person that respects and consults history to predict future social behavior, I bring up the history of email.
Question, did you have a personal or professional email first? Most people had an AOL or CompuServe account? Before your time? Sorry, I am an old timer for personal computers. I had one of the first TRS-80's from Radio Shack prior to getting out of middle school. I also one of the first email accounts of my friends. I wasted more time than I want to admit in the 1990's waiting for the words "You've Got Mail". My husband and I developed our relationship through emails prior to meeting in 1999 and spent hours "IM'ing" each other during the day. My love notes disappeared into the oblivion when I closed the conversation...
In 1999, the company I worked for did not have corporate email. This was all done on a laptop and email account I personally funded. My boss was nice enough to have a data line installed in my office when she realized the impact of Monster.com on the recruiting industry was starting to have. Imagine someone trying to do placement and HR recruiting today without email? Role forward just eight years. EVERYONE has email.. personal and professional. I get my email on my Blackberry. I have a crackberry problem. I am not looking for therapy or sympathy. I love it. The non corporate environment demanded access to email from their companies. The same will be true of the people that are accustom to FaceBook, Friendster and My Space for companies to employ Social Networking as part of their overall customer communication, product development and customer retention.
My mind went nuts about other examples of communities that have spread like a virus on to the Internet. I am sure you can all think of examples. Do tell! Hit the comments link and share. Be part of my community. I dare you...
I was working on a project today with the manuscript while getting a pedicure and manicure. It got me to thinking about the history of community and the Internet. It made me want to "double down" on my bet of the future of enterprise social networking. I feel like my company has two aces with a dealer on a bad luck streak. Time to double down!!
Having moved around the past couple of years, I have consistently had to depend on the members of the new community to provide counsel and advise on EVERYTHING. I ask colleagues, neighbors, and strangers for recommendations on landscapers, doctors, nail salons, hairdressers, mechanics, and restaurants. I relied on the community for my immersion into a new environment.
I observed a small example of this while in the nail salon today. I had just finished reading a small blurb in the text about people have historically depended on their communities for direction .... think of the bazaars and farmers markets still in existence in the third world. This is a place for shopping for information and goods and services.... Don't by fish from him for x reason or the stall over two has a great price on widgets.
Today, three perfect strangers were swapping restaurant reviews about area restaurants. The top spoons go to Good News Cafe in Woodbury and Thomas Moran's Petite Syrah and Forsythia's in Washington and New Milford respectively with a communal nod that the Cookhouse was certainly a great establishment. Weren't we all lucky to have so many great options? Then it happened! The oldest member of this gaggle of women and the youngest started talking about Restaurant.com. "Isn't it great? You can rate the restaurants, read reviews, see menus and make reservations." said the Matriarch EUREKA! This is socialized networking and enterprise networking .. and more than that a multi channel community that restaurant.com had in a nail salon.
There are people which believe that this is a bunch of hooey. I know them. As a person that respects and consults history to predict future social behavior, I bring up the history of email.
Question, did you have a personal or professional email first? Most people had an AOL or CompuServe account? Before your time? Sorry, I am an old timer for personal computers. I had one of the first TRS-80's from Radio Shack prior to getting out of middle school. I also one of the first email accounts of my friends. I wasted more time than I want to admit in the 1990's waiting for the words "You've Got Mail". My husband and I developed our relationship through emails prior to meeting in 1999 and spent hours "IM'ing" each other during the day. My love notes disappeared into the oblivion when I closed the conversation...
In 1999, the company I worked for did not have corporate email. This was all done on a laptop and email account I personally funded. My boss was nice enough to have a data line installed in my office when she realized the impact of Monster.com on the recruiting industry was starting to have. Imagine someone trying to do placement and HR recruiting today without email? Role forward just eight years. EVERYONE has email.. personal and professional. I get my email on my Blackberry. I have a crackberry problem. I am not looking for therapy or sympathy. I love it. The non corporate environment demanded access to email from their companies. The same will be true of the people that are accustom to FaceBook, Friendster and My Space for companies to employ Social Networking as part of their overall customer communication, product development and customer retention.
My mind went nuts about other examples of communities that have spread like a virus on to the Internet. I am sure you can all think of examples. Do tell! Hit the comments link and share. Be part of my community. I dare you...
Friday, July 20, 2007
TdeF Favorite Phil-ism "Spot of Bother"
Okay ... Some of you will know what the acronym for tdef stands for... It has a Mellow Johnny or Maillot Jaune as the premium prize. It is July and if I were independently wealthy. I would traipsing around France on a bicycle cheering on the Tour de France. Instead, my life is full of 5 men and a tv station call VS. or Versus. My nights are spent drifting off to sleep to the sounds of Phil Liggett, Paul Sherwin, Bob Roll, and the unnecessary Al Troutwig. While my husband controls the volume and remote. I personally am beginning to hate the DVR. We now have the 4 + hour coverage from during the day rather than the 2+ hour coverage at night. It is saving me from hearing the lovable putz Bob Roll from saying TOUR DAY France every two minutes. The past seven years I have stood in the kitchen making dinner listening to that. Bob should be grateful of two things... I think he is a lovable soul and if he were a dog he would be a yellow lab and I haven't been able to reach him with the Knife that is in my grasp making a salad.
Then there is Phil Liggitt. He can only be described as a "cheeky fellow" and "crusty Brit". This year I have been walking around the kitchen exclaiming.. "Oh no... Stuie O'Grady seems to be in a Spot of Bother!" I love that. Those Brits and their infinite way of making serious problems sound like you just spilled tea.
Paul Sherwin has a steady tone. One of my friends that is willing forced to watch it as well says he puts her to sleep. This is so extreme with her that if she is having issues sleeping at any point in the year she plops in an old tour dvd. Okay - This is another question the non cycling population is asking ... Yes, we all spend the entire month of July plastered to the TV watching it.... only to by the 12 hour dvd set for our husbands for Christmas. So they can sit in the basement or cycling room (you have a playroom we have a cycling room) and watch stages while the pedal away the winter doldrums on a trainer. Personally, I would rather tape and watch Oprah.. But that is another entry.
Al Troutwig for me is the un comic comic relief. This guy has covered the tour for the past oh... 4-5 years and still asks the stupidest questions. But that is his "job" to make sure the "Freddie's" or newbies to the Tour understand the sport cause we Americans are slow on anything that doesn't have a stick or a ball involved.
The best part of the coverage beyond the racing, sprints, incredible mountain stages is the pure beauty of the countryside. This year from London to Paris, we will see an amazing amount of great scenery and European history. The mountain top lakes in the Alps and the Cote D'Azur in Marseille bring tears. Beyond this, realize this is a 20+ day super bowl of cycling and it is free to all that want to attend. Sure you can pay for a "tour and guide" or you can simply walk out of your house and watch the best athletes in the world battle against the clock, themselves and the other elite riders... not to mention the pavement and those spectators that can c
ause you to crash and abandon the race you train for all year. Just see how close they are to this T-Mobile rider. Understand he has been riding up hill for MILES. I can barely make it up to Ridge Road. When I did it on Tuesday, I thought my heart was going to explode!!
ause you to crash and abandon the race you train for all year. Just see how close they are to this T-Mobile rider. Understand he has been riding up hill for MILES. I can barely make it up to Ridge Road. When I did it on Tuesday, I thought my heart was going to explode!! Photo - Copyright A.S.O. / Amaury Sport Organisation
For all I complain about the TV set being dominated by the boys of July, I wouldn't change it. I get to see the best sporting event and the rest of the world gets re-runs. I am also not quite sure about all this press around the "doping" in the sport. If this were American Football, Basketball, Baseball or Wrestling... Would the we care? I guess not because if Floyd Landis or Tyler Hamilton were Barry Bonds they would be in Southern France on a bike screaming through the countryside and not spending their life fortune defending themselves on very questionable evidence that would have been thrown out in an American criminal court for procedural error.
Vive La France - Vive La Tour.... Go Hinacapie!!!
Thursday, July 19, 2007
My Biological Alarm Clock Isn't YOUR Business!
Today’s entry comes straight from the headline articles on MSN.com that was pulled out of Newsweek. It is an article written by Carrie Friedman. Here is the link to it for reference:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19762056/site/newsweek/?GT1=10150
Many of my friends, family and business associates are so hip on this issue. I especially appreciate “the parents” that have come to my defense when witnessing or hearing about an incident. First, please understand I realize the following… I get that having children and the joys of that are tremendous. I also get that I will probably never know the joy of being a parent or fully understand the joys of holding your own child. I struggle with that a lot. Most women that make this decision do. If they don’t, they certainly SHOULDN’T PRO CREATE.
There are many other things I will never experience that are common for society. I will never know what is like to be raised by a single parent. I will never know what is like to be abused as a child. I will never know the joy and challenge of being a brother or sister. I will never know what it is like to be a size two. Some people will never understand the joys of having a dog or being married to a wonderful man. Life is full of choices. That is why I try very hard to bite my tongue when commenting on parenting choices that others make. I don’t always succeed. I am sure the parents of the world are sick of us “DINKS” making snide remarks about their parenting skills when we haven't had to walk a mile in their pumps carrying an out of control two year old with a lollipop stuck in their hair.
I just really resent the people that push their choices on me and then make me feel horrid because I haven't gone down that path. As a result, I am the first to congratulate someone like my two cousins which have kids and have made the sacrifices to be stay at home moms. I also will tout the choice that an HR Director I know made to be a great mom to twin girls and a dedicated career woman.
Would anyone say to a single mother, "I can't believe you actually work. A real woman would find a way to stay home with that child. You are neglecting your child!" Boy is that the farthest from the truth!
I guess it strikes a cord because I can't be at a social function without this being thrown in my face by someone. I finally have taken to using the following statement, "My husband and I are the proud parents of Annie and Seamus, our two bird dogs. The Lord has not blessed us with human children and that is fine with us. We like our lives just the way they are. If God chooses us to be parents, we will accept it as a blessing" If that doesn't shut them up, then I get rude or emotional. I know that another dear family member really hates this question. She went through all the hurt of miscarriages. They decided that it was enough to be married and they didn’t need children to complete their lives. I never ask but I bet this nasty line of questioning really hurts her.
You might think I am over reacting and this doesn’t happen so often. Well, I have had to go through this twice since June 30th. Is that enough for you?
To be clear, I certainly don’t mind people telling me I would a great mom or asking IF I have children. The point you stop is asking “why”. If you must do that, take the answer at face value. Don’t press someone. Isn’t the last thing our society needs is people having children that don’t want them? If you think their choice is trivial or a mistake. That is fine but, you aren’t the child that wasn’t wanted but whose parents felt pressured to have to meet society’s expectations. This is another thing I will never know what is like to be an un-wanted child. I am very lucky to have loving parents.
Beyond this, I pay my fair share of taxes to pay for schools, teachers, and DCF that I will only have a secondary use of by hopefully believing that the public school system and social services does the job they are intended to do for society. I don't know many social services I benefit from that a mother the same age and income level doesn't.
I don’t resent paying for the public school system. I come from a Masonic family. One of the founding principals of Masonic teachings is that free public education is the cornerstone of every great society. I have friends and family that work in and for DCF. I am proud of them and thank them for doing an unfortunately necessary job. Just a note, these donations called taxes are my gift to your children. Perhaps a thank you once and awhile for it?
The choice for me not to have children is one I will struggle with for the rest of my life. I see the disappointment in my parents and in-laws eyes when it brought up. I know that I will have to pick out and have the funding for long term healthcare and housing. I will do this rather than pay for college and weddings. I will always be the one that covers the office during "school vacations and Christmas" because I don't have kids or grandkids. I don't mind covering for someone to go to their son's soccer game or stay at home with them when they are sick. Just don't have a hissy fit if I need to run to pick up Annie at the groomer or want to go to my nephews’ and nieces’ games in the future.
It is all about balance and respect. People should respect our choice to not have kids. We will try not to scream when the future generations wipe their dirty hands on my drapes, kick the back of our seats on flights, and interrupt a nice dinner out at 9 PM outside of the Christmas shopping season.
Thanks for always being there to hear my rants. As for being a mommy, I have a fur baby shaking in my lap. It is beginning to rumble thunder. Poor baby, mommy is here…..
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19762056/site/newsweek/?GT1=10150
Many of my friends, family and business associates are so hip on this issue. I especially appreciate “the parents” that have come to my defense when witnessing or hearing about an incident. First, please understand I realize the following… I get that having children and the joys of that are tremendous. I also get that I will probably never know the joy of being a parent or fully understand the joys of holding your own child. I struggle with that a lot. Most women that make this decision do. If they don’t, they certainly SHOULDN’T PRO CREATE.
There are many other things I will never experience that are common for society. I will never know what is like to be raised by a single parent. I will never know what is like to be abused as a child. I will never know the joy and challenge of being a brother or sister. I will never know what it is like to be a size two. Some people will never understand the joys of having a dog or being married to a wonderful man. Life is full of choices. That is why I try very hard to bite my tongue when commenting on parenting choices that others make. I don’t always succeed. I am sure the parents of the world are sick of us “DINKS” making snide remarks about their parenting skills when we haven't had to walk a mile in their pumps carrying an out of control two year old with a lollipop stuck in their hair.
I just really resent the people that push their choices on me and then make me feel horrid because I haven't gone down that path. As a result, I am the first to congratulate someone like my two cousins which have kids and have made the sacrifices to be stay at home moms. I also will tout the choice that an HR Director I know made to be a great mom to twin girls and a dedicated career woman.
Would anyone say to a single mother, "I can't believe you actually work. A real woman would find a way to stay home with that child. You are neglecting your child!" Boy is that the farthest from the truth!
I guess it strikes a cord because I can't be at a social function without this being thrown in my face by someone. I finally have taken to using the following statement, "My husband and I are the proud parents of Annie and Seamus, our two bird dogs. The Lord has not blessed us with human children and that is fine with us. We like our lives just the way they are. If God chooses us to be parents, we will accept it as a blessing" If that doesn't shut them up, then I get rude or emotional. I know that another dear family member really hates this question. She went through all the hurt of miscarriages. They decided that it was enough to be married and they didn’t need children to complete their lives. I never ask but I bet this nasty line of questioning really hurts her.
You might think I am over reacting and this doesn’t happen so often. Well, I have had to go through this twice since June 30th. Is that enough for you?
To be clear, I certainly don’t mind people telling me I would a great mom or asking IF I have children. The point you stop is asking “why”. If you must do that, take the answer at face value. Don’t press someone. Isn’t the last thing our society needs is people having children that don’t want them? If you think their choice is trivial or a mistake. That is fine but, you aren’t the child that wasn’t wanted but whose parents felt pressured to have to meet society’s expectations. This is another thing I will never know what is like to be an un-wanted child. I am very lucky to have loving parents.
Beyond this, I pay my fair share of taxes to pay for schools, teachers, and DCF that I will only have a secondary use of by hopefully believing that the public school system and social services does the job they are intended to do for society. I don't know many social services I benefit from that a mother the same age and income level doesn't.
I don’t resent paying for the public school system. I come from a Masonic family. One of the founding principals of Masonic teachings is that free public education is the cornerstone of every great society. I have friends and family that work in and for DCF. I am proud of them and thank them for doing an unfortunately necessary job. Just a note, these donations called taxes are my gift to your children. Perhaps a thank you once and awhile for it?
The choice for me not to have children is one I will struggle with for the rest of my life. I see the disappointment in my parents and in-laws eyes when it brought up. I know that I will have to pick out and have the funding for long term healthcare and housing. I will do this rather than pay for college and weddings. I will always be the one that covers the office during "school vacations and Christmas" because I don't have kids or grandkids. I don't mind covering for someone to go to their son's soccer game or stay at home with them when they are sick. Just don't have a hissy fit if I need to run to pick up Annie at the groomer or want to go to my nephews’ and nieces’ games in the future.
It is all about balance and respect. People should respect our choice to not have kids. We will try not to scream when the future generations wipe their dirty hands on my drapes, kick the back of our seats on flights, and interrupt a nice dinner out at 9 PM outside of the Christmas shopping season.
Thanks for always being there to hear my rants. As for being a mommy, I have a fur baby shaking in my lap. It is beginning to rumble thunder. Poor baby, mommy is here…..
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Magic 8 Ball
Most of my know readers are of the age to have had or know someone that had a Magic 8 Ball when they were younger. I find my self wishing I had one again. Moreover, that I could trust the results.
So as I do know with everything, need information, answers, and advice ... I go to the Internet. There is actually a site out there that is a virtual Magic 8 Ball. This was the answer to the dying question on my mind. Boy this was the answer I wanted from my beloved Magic 8 ball.
Perhaps, we do have a crystal ball. Is everything accessible on the Internet? Absolutely.
The only thing that has been lacking is the personal interaction. Well the youth has totally moved the "hang out at the mall" to hanging at in MySpace or Friendster. Seems like everything is 2.0 ... We are about to have the future of the Internet be the present. Get ready for Community!
Check out the Magic 8 Ball on line:
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~ssanty/cgi-bin/eightball.cgi
Monday, July 16, 2007
Weekend Pictures
This guy sat down in front of me at Mr. B's race on Sunday in Nagatuck. Who is kidding? A comb over with a visor? Time to graduate to a full baseball cap and lose the visor and the comb over...
The rest of the race .... went on ... Here is a picture of Mr. Badger as he made his move.
My new life at IDK.com
Last week was very hard to say the least. Probably, the less said the better. It will be announced today that the global leader in events has purchased the event and event community assets of my company. They did not take the people just the assets for the most part. I sat in my home office wondering if I had a job for a while on Tuesday. I was one of the lucky few that would be staying on to grow the enterprise community business.
While it was tough, VERY TOUGH to say goodbye to extremely good hard working people last week, I know they will all find themselves in positions that will give them more room for growth and making a lot more d'argent than was possible.
In retrospect, we were a company that was a conjoined twins. Having different futures, thoughts, and products while sharing vital organs. We have the possibility of thriving and growing to our full potential as individuals but would stagnate while sharing common assets but not a vision.
In the end, regardless of my employment status, it was the correct move for the company. We could not longer flounder on the verge of turning the corner. Each business unit was holding back the other from a bright future.
My future is a bit undefined as of this post. I have accepted a role in the new company as part of the sales team. What that exactly means - IDK (I don't know). What is my title? IDK ... Will I be traveling to Boston more frequently? IDK! Is this the right choice? IDK!
I do know this. "IT" is a cutting edge idea. We have a tremendous pipeline. We are nimble and have a team dedicated to success. I know that my VP wouldn't be sticking around if he didn't believe this was going to be great for his career and family. I trust that to be the case. If it isn't ... I may be right where I thought I was last Tuesday. However, I will have a new experience and great story. It is both a leap of faith and perhaps the safest course. It is both the path less traveled and with the surest footing.
I am excited about the new horizons. My life certainly hasn't been boring in the past years. Stability is only for the dead and the dying. I am neither.
While it was tough, VERY TOUGH to say goodbye to extremely good hard working people last week, I know they will all find themselves in positions that will give them more room for growth and making a lot more d'argent than was possible.
In retrospect, we were a company that was a conjoined twins. Having different futures, thoughts, and products while sharing vital organs. We have the possibility of thriving and growing to our full potential as individuals but would stagnate while sharing common assets but not a vision.
In the end, regardless of my employment status, it was the correct move for the company. We could not longer flounder on the verge of turning the corner. Each business unit was holding back the other from a bright future.
My future is a bit undefined as of this post. I have accepted a role in the new company as part of the sales team. What that exactly means - IDK (I don't know). What is my title? IDK ... Will I be traveling to Boston more frequently? IDK! Is this the right choice? IDK!
I do know this. "IT" is a cutting edge idea. We have a tremendous pipeline. We are nimble and have a team dedicated to success. I know that my VP wouldn't be sticking around if he didn't believe this was going to be great for his career and family. I trust that to be the case. If it isn't ... I may be right where I thought I was last Tuesday. However, I will have a new experience and great story. It is both a leap of faith and perhaps the safest course. It is both the path less traveled and with the surest footing.
I am excited about the new horizons. My life certainly hasn't been boring in the past years. Stability is only for the dead and the dying. I am neither.
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