by Doug Emerson | May 23, 2007 | Uncategorized
During the summer between 4th and 5th grade, the band director said to me, ” I know you want to learn how to play the trumpet, but we need trombone players to be part of the band, too, and you have long arms. And at that point, the trombone was assigned to me...
by Doug Emerson | May 18, 2007 | Uncategorized
If you are like many of my readers, your commute to work is a matter of steps from the house to the barn and that’s one of the many advantages of owning your horse business. No traffic snarls of wasted time or elevated blood pressure before your work day begins...
by Doug Emerson | May 11, 2007 | Uncategorized
I did a double take when I walked into the foyer of my office building a few weeks ago. A welcome sign on a standard announced a simple message: “Welcome to John J. Schmitt” Who the heck is John J. Schmitt and what makes him rate his own welcome sign?...
by Doug Emerson | May 4, 2007 | Uncategorized
As a child, you learned quickly about things that come in threes: three legs on a stool, three wheels on your tricycle and three French hens. A perfect combination of three thoughts, words or things make for easy memory and understanding. Some people call the concept...
by Doug Emerson | Apr 19, 2007 | Uncategorized
A client and I were talking this week about her three-year vision for her business growth and her current list of ninety day goals. She was upset about the vast uncharted territory she could see in her mind’s eye stretching between the two documents. It was a...
