My Saturday Morning...

Biking out to Auberry this morning.

Business School in a box...

Having never been to business school myself I can only postulate as too what goes on in the hallowed halls of academia. Of course that is not the purpose of my posting here; rather it is my personal findings about conducting business:

1. It is going to cost more than you think it is going to cost

2. It is going to take longer than you think it is going to take

3. You are going to make less than you think you are going to make

At first glance these are pretty fatalistic axioms, however if you can find something that is worth doing while accepting these guidelines you will do pretty good. Anytime I have ever done something purely for the money it has proved to be a pretty horrendous experience. Now that is not to say that these are hard and fast rules without exception. It is simply the fact that you can't bet on stupendous success as an outcome, you can hope, but the better plan is more firmly based in the aforementioned parameters.

PS- Later I will talk about the nasty little word that almost killed any success that I have ever had.

Getting ready for the sale...

Tonight we are cooking up the shells for the breakfast pizzas we are serving tomorrow and Reagan got to make himself a cupcake.

Your chance to say you were there...

I have been experimenting with a new culinary endeavor and will be making it's debut this Saturday morning at the big yard sale that they have every memorial day weekend in the Tower district. It is a breakfast pie that is full of too much awesomeness. My informal taste testing has been terrific so now I am going to see if I can make some profit with it. A slice and a cup of coffee will run you $3.00. My goal is to move 100 pies (lofty I know but it is my goal none the less). The festivities commence at 4:30 am and will continue until 1:00pm. Come by, say hi, buy a ton, and tell everyone how awesome it is. BTW I will be located here.

A great moment pt.2

This is my sons pictoral representation of his Mom singing. What can I say I have got it made!

A great moment...

Though it is nearly indistinguishable that this is photographic evidence of my wife singing on our worship team, that is exactly what it is. She has worked really hard to learn her parts and was very nervous but did a great job and I am very proud of her. Love you Sugar!

Striving to endeavor to provide suckiness, mediocrity, and a forgettable experience...

I don't generally blog during work hours but today proves to be the exception. I am evaluating a number of company's product's for our future development when it hit me; I hate mission statements. Not the concept of mission statement but rather the wording. It just sounds legal and sterile. Everyone's statement is striving or endeavoring to have excellence or efficiency. BORING. We need more action movie mission statements, especially if you are going to post it on your front page.

How about instead of:

Here at Generic Corp. we endeavor to provide the customer with excellence and professionalism while striving for the utmost in quality.

They tried this one:

Generic Corp. is awesome otherwise we wouldn't work here and you wouldn't be reading this. If you are ready for some awesomeness then give us a call and we will rock your world and blow your mind.

Which one would you choose?

PS-After looking at my company's mission statement I am changing it tonight.