Author: burger828

I have the blessing to collaborate with a friend, mentor and powerful man on a weekly basis. He called me up the other week to discuss a business challenge as we often leverage each other’s strengths to create powerful assessments of the environment we are working in. Ray is quite wise and will never admit…

Success is an ethical issue. Going a step further, success is your obligation to use the resources (relational, mental and physical) bestowed upon you fruitfully. Rather than looking at a situation halfheartedly with defeat in the air, shift your mind toward the obligation you hold to be successful for your family, yourself, your community, the…

When I was in high school and College, I worked as a bike mechanic. One of my daily tasks was to count inventory and ensure we had adequate parts to service all of the bikes we “felt” would come through the doors. This practice followed a very logical process: (1) count and record all of…

All of the education in the world cannot account for the level of critical thinking and strategy that an active 2 year old can provide. Although he his tenure on Earth is short, he is my greatest teacher out of all of the wonderful and inspirational professors and colleagues that have challenged me throughout my educational…

Business strategy has been traditionally compared to a game of chess. Being that I love the game and grew up playing matches with my father throughout my childhood, I thought that chess was a great analogy for business strategy. You see, my father and I would play games of chess that could last months at a…