2010 is a year of changes, doing things different for me. When I decided to resign from Wausau Whitewater as the Operations Manager, I had many reasons. But one was primary. My friend and the President of Wausau Whitewater at the time, Michael Schroeder, understood completely when I told him this: “With the history of…
The post, Value of Social Media? YOU Tell Me created quite a bit of dialog in the comment section. It also generated new questions about the use of social media and the time involved. My post was in my head when I posted the original Wall Street Journal link to Facebook. My friend, Michael Schroeder,…
Yesterday was part experiment, part challenge, part fun… My friend, Michael Schroeder and I have had an ongoing debate about the time impact of using social media. As a musician, he used MySpace successfully but it was an intense battle of trying to keep up and keep it meaningful to his followers. He knew I…
Do you have a team of trusted advisors? Yesterday’s post, talked about being Random or Deliberate as we start this new year, new decade in 2010. I mentioned that I as I made the various decisions recently I spoke with members of my team of trusted advisors. Whenever I make a major decision – that…
I have started to look at my business, Design Resumes, very differently. You could almost say that for the last 25+ years I have been running my business randomly. Life just kind of happened all around me and I was not executing a deliberate plan. I randomly began a sideline career in non-profit management and…
In my life, my world, and from me, you will always hear Merry Christmas. This is just who I am and I don’t expect everyone to be just like me but for me and others who find that Merry Christmas has meaning, I will always use those words. Here, from my friend, Michael Schroeder, is…
Are you a martyr or do you have a martyr-like personality? I’ve been doing much introspective thinking lately. I announced that I was leaving Wausau Whitewater as the Operations Manager to focus on the Design Resumes side of me. Though I had the help of board members, volunteers, and others, I still was carrying a…
I made a decision this past week (December 2009) that will change my world. I resigned as Wausau Whitewater’s Operations Manager, a position I have held since 1997. Wausau Whitewater has been my passion. It’s the whitewater course in downtown Wausau, Wisconsin that has hosted regional, national, and international slalom and freestyle whitewater competitions and…
Postcards on the road Sometimes we are blessed to have someone come into our lives who changes it and then we can’t find enough ways to say thank you. Today I want to introduce you to one of those people in my life. Note: This post was sent out last year about this time. The…
There are times when my good intentions turn out to be harder to execute than I thought. Initially, I thought I could keep up with my friend, contemporary Christian Musician, Michael Schroeder who is also my Wausau Whitewater President this year as he toured the Holy Land. Since his original plans for the blog he…