It’s that time again!  Each year, I take a bit of a break for the final weeks of the year to push a virtual “reset” button.  And boy do we need a reset for 2020. Normally, I’d suggest that no one is thinking about travel leading into the holidays and business is slow until Wave Season. Normally, I’d suggest that you take advantage of the slow time to spend time with your family and rest up for a robust year. But…you are probably tired of your family at this point. And the start of 2021 does not look terribly robust. Right?

OK, snap out of it.  We’re still standing. And this is what we do best. We have been written off more times than I can…

"We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears."  ~Francois duc de la Rochefoucauld

We are quickly approaching that time of year where we make resolutions about the year to come. A resolution is essentially a promise we make to ourselves. How easy is it to make such promises? Far too easy.  We make promises continually to ourselves and others.  Sometimes they take the form of solemn oaths ("I do") and other times they take the form of appointments and deliverables. We easily assure our business partners we will "be right back with you" and then let far too much time slip away.  Suddenly our promise has gone stale and we are working not to hit our deadline, but to not be terribly…

This may be considered a cop-out as far as crafting daily articles goes, but as Leslie Gore once reminded us back in 1963, “It is my party and I’ll cry if I want…