09 July 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Hey Recession ~ Sometimes You Have To Just Keep Digging – Real Life Story

I’m writing today from a Starbucks in Florida. Our family is on vacation this week and I have been spending a few hours each morning working at the local Starbucks while the rest of the family sleeps in (favorite vacation activity). I decided to write another post to my “Hey Recession…” series. If you want to find my two other posts on this topic, you can find them here:

Hey Recession ~ This Too Shall Pass

Hey Recession ~ My New Definition of Success

Yesterday, my morning visit to Starbucks went from peace and calm to sudden panic and confusion. I got my typical White chocolate Mocha Grande, found a spot to connect to the wi-fi, and got to work. Everything was going according to plan and I was getting a lot done and then I realized that something was missing….


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13 April 2009 ~ 7 Comments

Hey Recession ~ This Too Shall Pass

This last weekend my brother-in-law invited our family down to Crystal Lake in Keystone Heights to spend the day at the lake house to do some fishing and boating. I told my wife that I really wanted to spend most of Saturday working out of my home office because the market is tight and competition is tough. You have to work twice as hard in order to get the same result in this marketplace.

Well, Saturday morning my wife broke it to the kids that I


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