Have you ever been flipping through a magazine and come to the picture perfect person staring back at you and thought to yourself, “I wish I looked like her/him”. Or have you watched a famous people on the television being interviewed about their fame and fortune and thought to yourself “I wish I had their […]
I can hardly believe that it was exactly one year ago, last Saturday, that we signed the closing documents to sell MediConnect (MCG). Since that day it has been a sheer whirlwind of activity so when I realized that it was the one year anniversary over the weekend all I could think of is how it […]
Amidst having a pity party for myself for my ‘oh, so stressful’ week, I came across an article that was absolutely perfect for kicking me in the behind and knocking some humor back into my pity-party self: How To Have a Mental Breakdown in 11 Easy Steps –By Jason Kotecki Have you ever wondered to […]
Have you ever had a week where you get to Wednesday and you feel like you it’s been three weeks, yet it’s only been three days? Yeah, well it’s been one of those weeks so far. I haven’t slept enough, I’ve pushed myself to hard, I’ve taken on too much…I know all of you can […]
I’M BACK! That’s right. Prepare to be dazzled. PS. This is Ashley talkin here. For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Amy’s 17 year old daughter, AKA “da boss’ daughter”. Occasionally, I take over the article for the night when my mom comes home from work completely exhausted. Yeah, so I guess tonight […]
Gratitude is an amazing thing. Gratitude can turn any negative into a positive. The fastest way to FEEL happy is to BE thankful. Taking a moment to consider all the blessings that are in your life can help tremendously to put everything into proper perspective; and it is proper perspective that will help you through […]
Passive-aggressive behavior in any company is one of the most destructive cancers to a culture that ends up killing both a great company, and the self-esteem of the individuals working there. For any wondering what passive-aggressive behavior looks like, I will try and give some examples that paint a picture. A passive-aggressive person is someone […]
As I sit down to write my blog every night I try and look back at my day and ask myself “what lessons did I learn today that I can share with others?” so I can write about those lessons and know that something good can come from my challenges I go through. I have […]
Say you have to do something that isn’t your favorite thing in the world to do. Then say you have to do it with people who are not fun to be around, who are negative, selfish, and basically drag you down. Now say you have to do that same something that isn’t your favorite in […]
Last night my daughter came in to tell me about her day. She was clearly in a really good mood despite the fact she wasn’t feeling well still. As she started to tell me about her day she was really excited to share her experience with a substitute teacher that taught one of her classes. […]
After flying home from the BYU Founders Board Trip to the Dominican Republic on Wednesday night of last week, I headed immediately up to Park City, Utah for the University of Utah Board Meeting for Thursday and Friday. That board meeting went fabulous as well and we again made several new friends and we caught […]
In the book Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll writes: “If you drink much from a bottle marked ‘poison,’ it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later.” Obviously none of us set out to intentionally drink poisons. Yet, it is amazing how innocently they seem to show up in our lives, first in […]
Tonight I went with a group of young women who decided to spread a little Valentines love by heart-attacking some of the neighbors front doors. For those of you who don’t know what a heart-attack is, it is when you take a bunch of cute construction paper cut out hearts and stick them all over […]
One of the greatest lessons I learned during my time as a CEO was that great employees are not replaceable. It isn’t the technology or the product that make a company great, it’s the people. And companies who see their good employees as “replaceable” are wrong. Good employees are not replaceable. Let me clarify what […]
I was married five years ago, but prior to that I was single for ten years, and for every one of those ten years I dreaded Valentine’s Day. It was as if there had been a holiday created just for the purpose of torturing anyone who was single! They may as well have renamed the […]
We all have a picture in our heads of how we think our lives should go. We plan it out perfectly in our minds, laying out what seems to us to be the ideal plan for our lives. We set goals toward it, we take action based on it, and we kneel down at night […]
As I start off each new week I always try to find some sort of quote or thought that will help inspire me to improve myself as I head into that week. I am a HUGE believer in the importance of trying to constantly improve ourselves. I think when we allow ourselves to become complacent […]
You cannot control who will like you, who will vilify you, who will speak kindly of you, who will judge you, who will love you, who will treat you unfairly, who will support you, who will spread lies about you, or who will be your biggest fan. We literally cannot control how any other person […]
“Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them – work, family, health, friends and spirit and you’re keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the […]
Every single job in a company has vast importance, and far too often people lack an appreciation or an understanding of just how impactful each position is to the overall success or failure of a business. In my many years as a CEO, I would often watch as employees across various departments would either feel […]
So I came across the funniest quote that totally made me think of my something my daughter Ashley does (thus her avatar on today’s post). The quote goes like this: When your home alone and someone knocks on your door: 10% say “who is it?” 64% look through the peep hole. 25% open […]
“Doing nothing for others is the undoing of one’s self. We must be purposely kind and generous, or we miss the best part of existence. The heart that goes out of itself gets large and full of joy. This is the great secret of the inner life. We do ourselves the most good doing something […]
I came across this list of 10 ways to be HAPPY and I loved it! My challenge to everyone today is to try and implement at least 5 of them in your life today! They are not difficult and they will definitely help you feel HAPPY and who doesn’t want to be HAPPY??!!?? Have a […]
Some of the greatest inventions in life have come about because someone saw a problem and decided they wanted to fix it! One doesn’t necessarily have to be a great genius to solve a problem, in fact, some of the most amazing ideas come from people who simply want to find an easier way to […]
After working incredibly hard for the last few months to get REES Capital launched, our building construction and renovation completed, and setting up our new offices with furniture and decorations and all the hoopla in order to be ready for our big Grand Opening tomorrow, I definitely needed to hear that quote you just read. […]
There is something amazingly powerful when a person takes their God given talents and puts them to use in a big way. Every one of us came into this life having our own unique talents. Some are obvious talents such as music, or dance, or writing, while others have less visual talents such as the […]
I remember well those words spoken in a Pantene shampoo commercial back in the 1980’s. The attractive woman with the fabulous hair looked right into the camera and made the plea “Don’t hate me because I am beautiful.” That phrase became front and center once again earlier this year when UK columnist Samantha Brick wrote […]
2013 marks the beginning of Magic Goal Poster number three in my life. And given how amazing the goals I am including on Goal Poster number three are, 2013 is guaranteed to be an EPIC year! I realize that many of you reading this are thinking, “What the heck is a magic Goal Poster? And, […]
It’s interesting how quickly life can be put into proper perspective. As you know from yesterday’s blog we have been dealing with our daughter Ashley’s injury this week. As a quick update, today we went to the physical therapist and they said they think she will be ready to have surgery on her knee before Christmas, […]
A group of scientists decided to investigate what subterranean cities, created by a colony of ants, looked like. These scientists poured cement for three days until 10 tons of cement had been poured down the tubes of the ant farm. Once the cement had set they began to excavate the underground city created by these […]
