Tenet: Have a BHAG! – Set Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals.

Big Hairy Audacious Goal(s)!  I heard this term for the first time in a book about how to build great companies. The book was called Built To Last and it was and still is one of the better books on business around.  One of the concepts in the book was those truly great companies…ones that …

Tenet: Be Well-Rounded – Learn as much as you can about as much as you can.

What does it mean to be well-rounded?  Eating tons of cheeseburgers will get you there but that is not what I mean.  This is similar to keeping things in balance but easier and more fun I think.  Being a well-rounded person means that you know a little about a lot and don’t get obsessed with …

Tenet: Balance – Keep things in balance and you will have few regrets.

Balance is simple.  Keep everything in balance!  All work and no play make Joey a dull boy.  Simple right?!?!  Not true.  Like so many things in life, a simple concept becomes very hard to put/keep in place.  If there is one area I have always struggled it is with finding the right balance. The big …

Tenet: Personal Responsibility – Own your life and your decisions.

Personal Responsibility is the single most important tenet that I hope you leave my house ‘getting’.  I was lucky to learn this very early and apply it in almost every single situation, every single day…for days, weeks, months, quarters, years, decades!  It is such an important thing to have a firm grasp on.  Own your …

Dad’s Bible – Introduction

Kids, Growing up I had questions.  Sometimes I got answers and sometimes I didn’t. Sometimes the things I wondered seemed silly. Sometimes the things I wondered I didn’t even know what to ask about?!?  There were times I just wanted to know what was going through other people’s minds at the same time in their …