by John Frenaye
Monday January 18, 2016

Pat Sajak owns a local radio station in my hometown, and I caught his piece this week talking about how the word “like” permeated a recent interview he did. Like the interviewee was like really like using the word “like” like an awful lot. Sajak said that “like” may have surpassed “uhm” as the crutch word for today’s generation. This got me to thinking about words and how important they are in today’s business climate.

My girlfriend and I got into a discussion on this as well. We were comparing the experience between buying a chicken sandwich at McDonalds, versus one at Chick-Fil-A . Night and day.

Chick-Fil-A: Good afternoon, how can I help…

“It seems there is no tougher challenge than to accept personal responsibility for not only what we are, but also what we can be.”

Even Eagles Need A Push by David McNally, page 10

Chapter 1: To Begin Again

When I read this statement, I immediately remembered a quote from the movie actor and producer Woody Allen, who said he "had accomplished many fine things in his life, but he managed to come up short on a number of occasions. What he did not accomplish was nobody’s fault but his own."…

by Richard Earls
Sunday January 17, 2016

Taking a lead from Mike Marchev, I have lately been spending more time than usual reading business books. Books by business leaders are not historically my first choice of reading material, but recently I have found my prejudice to be misplaced.

I am just now finishing What Got You Here Won't Get You There - How Successful People Become Even More Successful by Marshal Goldsmith.  The author drew my attention as a "business coach" who reportedly charges CEO's and upper managers $250,000 for his efforts on their behalf.

It's a good read, and the $12.99 Kindle version is apparently a…

Jorge Rodriguez, the North American Director of Australis, was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Fluent in Spanish, English, French and Portuguese, Jorge attended Mercer University in Georgia, where he a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Mathematics, and then an MBA in Marketing and Finace at the University of Connecticut.

Jorge was employed as a Management Associate at the Otis Elevator Company before moving into the travel industry as an Account Executive for United Airlines in 1995. He later started Adventure South America before taking on Australis as his main client and he acts as their North American Director. Since then he has helped launched three new ships and directed all of the company's marketing efforts…