My friend challenged me to a Tri Tip (A special cut of meat that Santa Maria is known for) BBQ challenge! Not lacking in confidence, I agreed and upped the ante by adding a prize to the winner.
The day of the challenge I watched in amusement how he had marinated the meat in wine and other spices. I made fun of him in his rubber gloves as he tenderly turned the meat over an oak fire and treated it like a new born.
My style of a BBQ was a gas grill because wood is way too […]
Being a home owner means you will forever be under construction! There is always something that needs to be done whether it’s inside or outside.
The first home we bought, we owned it for 15 years, and in that time we put at least $150,000 into it. There is always something that needs to be done if you want to, as a minimum, maintain the value and hopefully increase its value.
The ownership of your life is a lot like the ownership of a home. You will ALWAYS be Under Construction!
There will never come a […]
My first sales manager had the same answer to every challenge I faced while working for him. No matter what my complaint or excuse was he would tell me, “Volume Cures Everything!”
The first time it happened, I was frustrated because half of my sales clients had either canceled or had gone away over a 30 day period. This caused a lot of fear and depression especially since I was on full commission – you only get paid what you produce.
I sat in his office complaining about my clients and wondering how I was going to […]
