Healthy Competition
In the past I have been accused of being a very competitive person. Very competitive? Seems a bit harsh. I’ll go with slightly competitive. So when a co-worker asked what could they do to get in shape,...
View ArticleTop 10 Ways to Spend July 4th
Am I the only person who thinks it’s horrible that the 4th of July is on a Wednesday this year? No 3-day weekend?! Cry, cry, cry! When I was a child, the 4th of July always meant a late night full of...
View ArticleThe Good Old Days
It’s hard to believe that I used to ride up and down the streets of Charlotte in a 1987 Buick Skylark. Yes…a 1987 grey, custom edition Buick Skylark with suede interior. Even though there were times...
View ArticleOur View of the Cloud
As I sit in the aftermath, or perhaps more accurately the afterglow, of our User Group Conference, I cannot help thinking of how fortunate XPIENT is to have such loyal customers. Whilst it is perhaps...
View ArticleHow do you Measure Happiness?
The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has introduced a new measurement of national prosperity, focusing on the “happiness factor” rather than economics. Upon further investigation, I learned that this is...
View ArticleAre You in the 8 Percent?
So I was lucky enough to be on Holiday to welcome in the New Year. When I got home, I realized that this was the first year for a long time that I had not given any thought to a New Year’s resolution....
View ArticleDoing Well And Going Mobile
When asked to deliver XPIENT’s new website for the 2012 User Conference on October 16th, little did I know that we would be able to achieve that target and much more in less than four months. We now...
View ArticleThe Madness of March
For those that know me, it may seem a little odd that I should choose basketball as a topic for my blog! However, although it seems that everyone is buzzing about the NCAA basketball tournament this...
View ArticleWe Put Hospitality Into Technology™
So I’ve been thinking a lot about our new tag line, as well as how we make everyone feel special, and I came across an article in Inc. magazine entitled “9 Habits of People Who Build Extraordinary...
View ArticleWhy Hospitality Trumps Customer Service
Since colonial times, the welcoming pineapple has quite literally been put on a pedestal in America. It has been used again and again as a motif in architecture, furniture, textiles, illumination, and...
View ArticleA New Perspective of Gratitude
With Thanksgiving on the horizon, the word “gratitude” will once again be part of many conversations and take center stage at our tables somewhere between the chestnut stuffing and the mashed potatoes....
View ArticleLiving in the Now
Generations, like people, have personalities. Recently, I had a conversation with a marketing friend of mine who shared some interesting statistics about millennials. Also know as Generation Y, this is...
View Article6 Things We Can Learn from LeBron James
Those of you that know me might be shocked that I even know who LeBron James is, let alone that I’ve learned a few things from him. However, not having lived under a rock for the last few months, the...
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