Million Dollar Lesson from Bug Spray

Million Dollar Lesson from Bug Spray

There once was a man who invented a universal bug spray. It worked on virtually every kind of pesky bug you could imagine. One spray, and within seconds…dead bug. He bottled it up and sold it in a local store. “Universal Bug Spray. Kills ALL Bugs. One Spray is all you...
How Many Frogs Are Left in This Math Problem?

How Many Frogs Are Left in This Math Problem?

QUESTION​ Three frogs sat on a log and one decided to jump off. How many frogs were left on the log? EXPLANATION Although almost everyone answers “two”, the correct answer is actually “three”. Just because that frog decided to jump off the log doesn’t necessarily mean...
Lesson Learned from Changing the Plan that Will Help You

Lesson Learned from Changing the Plan that Will Help You

As a kid growing up in Maryland I was born with a lacrosse stick in my hand. It’s a thing like basketball and football are in the midwest. ​ There were no participation trophies, it was game on to win from your elementary school team, to 7-8th grade, to high...
Getting Out of Your Own Way

Getting Out of Your Own Way

A king wanted to pick the wisest man among his subjects to be his prime minister. When the search finally narrowed down to three men, he decided to put them to the supreme test. He placed them together in a room in the palace. On the room door he had a lock installed...
Love, Loss and Customer Service

Love, Loss and Customer Service

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” — Dr. Seuss. It’s great advice and so true, but hard as heck to do sometimes. My wife Ivette wrote that this past week as we both we lost a piece of our heart. Ivette found Zippy fifteen and a half years ago at...