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Your Career is Your Sport

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and […]

Be Your Own Boss

“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist or accept the responsibility for changing them.” —Denis Waitley

Be Like Mike

“When you’re screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they’ve given up on you.”  ― Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)  In loving memory of someone who made me try harder…  We continue to enjoy good fortune in the marketplace. As I wrote yesterday, happy clients and perfect quality work create a virtuous […]

Career Coaching

“Each person holds so much power within themselves that needs to be let out. Sometimes they just need a little nudge, a little direction, a little support, a little coaching, and the greatest things can happen.”   – Pete Carroll  Career Coaching  As you all know, yesterday was the close of the first round of selecting […]

Never Lose Alone

“Rest when you’re weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work.”  – Ralph Marston  I was enjoying listening to the classic rock band, The Doors last night. The is a great song named “I’ve been down so long” … The famous lyric from the song is; “Well, I’ve been down […]

The Marketplace of Ideas

It takes all kinds of people.  One of the things I enjoy most about Tahzoo is the diversity in thinking and talent within the company. We are truly a team of SMART and HAPPY people. Over the last few weeks, as we’ve onboarded new clients and projects, I’ve seen the best of our company has to […]

The Bumps Are What You Climb On

Hi All,  There are challenges in our business – there always have been and always will be. The strength of the team and in each of you is the ability to overcome those challenges. You’ve done great work for our clients, and I’ve seen this team pour their heart and soul into each account.  There are many […]

What I Learned From My Best Customer

I want to tell you a story about one of my best customers, Gene. As a young account rep at Microsoft, I was tasked with managing the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). For some context: At that time USDA had 29 sub-agencies, over 100,000 employees, and an IT budget of well over $1.5B. The organization, […]

Adding Value

We are in the business of change. More specifically, we are agents of change. Change requires a reframing of someone’s perspective; and as leaders, we provide the guidance to help others achieve their goals. I’ve been successful in sales because of my ability to diagnose business issues. Paired with my skills as a technical and […]

Leadership & Rolling Up Your Sleeves

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves.” – Leo Tolstoy  Leadership is not about identifying issues, it’s about resolving them. It’s so unfortunate that “management” as a career path to leadership creates so many bad habits. As a “manager” you need to identify work and divide it across your team. As […]