FRED Friday…meet Ellen Ruel This edition of FRED Friday is a look back…somewhat of a nostalgic FRED Friday.  Ten years ago this summer I was a Management Intern at Disney’s Contemporary Resort; 21 years old, in my first job out of college, and scared to death.  My management internship was a 6-month program in which I

The OneMoreStep Trifecta…            Wikipedia defines Trifecta as: WELCOME - COMFORTABLE - IMPORTANT In horse racing terminology, a trifecta is a pari-mutuel bet in which the bettor must predict which horses will finish first, second, and third in exact order. It is also used in sports to describe scoring three points at one time (e.g. hat-trick), or succeeding

FRED Friday…Mr. Dunn, the Chick-fil-A FRED (Special Capitalize on Life Experiences Edition of FRED Friday) In The Fred Factor, Mark Sanborn, says that one of the ways we can all become more Fred-like is to “reinvent yourself regularly”.  One way to do that, he says, is to “capitalize on life experiences”. From The Fred Factor…Chapter 7 – Reinvent

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Second Half… This week marks the very first week of the second half of the year.  It’s hard to believe that yet another year is half over.  I’ve been thinking about this for several days.  It’s somewhat of a wake up call.  How will we remember this year?  Will it be a “great year”?  Or will