Summer has finally arrived and the temperatures have heated up. The sun is shining and it’s a beautiful time of the year. It’s an opportunity for us to spend more time capitalizing on some of the outdoor activities that we enjoy…like boating, family picnics and reunions, baseball, hiking and many more. My husband and I enjoy getting out on our Harley and venturing all throughout Ohio. It’s a great way to see the countryside and enjoy the beauty of nature.
We’ve all heard the phrase, “I’m going to do it!” Recently, I turned 50 and I’m now saying “When am I am going to do it”? The "it" can be different for each one of us. Well, this year I decided I was going to discuss taking a Hot-Air-Balloon ride with my husband to celebrate our 5th Wedding Anniversary. I’ve wanted to take a Hot-Air-Balloon ride for many years and I’ve talked about taking a Hot-Air-Balloon ride with my friends and family for many years. I even have Hot-Air-Ballooning pictures all over my office and I look at them every day. I shared the idea with my husband and he loved it. The difference this year is that my husband and I have been taking action on our goal. We’ve discussed it with a couple that have been friends with us for years and they are going to join us on our adventure this Spring! We have made some calls and started to research different companies that offer flights in our area and are now looking at dates that the four of us can put on our calendars. Look for pictures in my next blog!
If you’re like me, you too have many things you have been wanting to accomplish or experience, both in your business and in your personal life. So, what’s holding you back or delaying those things from happening on a more regular basis? Perhaps you’re bogged down with a laundry list of day to day things that seem to be more of a priority or you’re putting out fires within your EDI department and you can’t see the bottom of your desk. So, what happens is the bigger EDI goals get put aside for the more immediate and urgent tasks. We find ourselves not accomplishing those bigger goals and being disappointed.
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Have you had a critical opening in your Integration department for weeks, months or perhaps over a year that you were struggling to secure the proper EDI skill set and expertise? If so, your predicament is not uncommon in today’s marketplace.
It’s December 31, 2014…well not quite yet! Let’s say hypothetically speaking, it’s December 31, 2014. Are you looking forward to ringing in the New Year or are you dreading it, and thinking it’s just going to be another year?
Have you posed this question to your Data Integration Team? How can we make 2015 our best year yet and even more importantly, how can each one of us elevate and equip others on our Data Integration Team for their optimal success in 2015?
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Mark Twain said “Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education."
We have all heard about the recent article in USA Today where an act of “Pay it Forward” at Starbucks impacted 379 people.
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