Monthly Archive for: ‘January, 2009’

“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” – Lou Holtz
Ironically, Lou Holtz was the coach at my undergraduate school, and I think he nails the point about what the real difference is for the winners and the not so successful. Often people fail because [...]

This is already an exciting year for us at DSU. That may sound strange considering the recent economic news, but I truly believe this is a time of opportunity.
Erin and I were in Los Angeles for six days last week, and we experienced some incredible things. We can literally write dozens of blog posts and ezines about our [...]

The greatest lesson my father taught me was when I was in college. I was trying to decide which sorority to join. He wrote me a letter which was rare. He told me to forget about the “organization.” He encouraged me to choose my affiliation based on the character of the people because they will be your friends for the rest of your life. He was right.

Some of you may be tired of hearing me preach that you need to be on Facebook and Twitter, but I highly recommend that you read this post. At the rate it is growing, the entire connected world will be a part of it. If you aren’t using Web 2.o methods such as this to [...]

After our big Interior Design Summit in late October, we spent a few weeks finishing the majority of the details of the Summit and then we began planning for Design Success University’s 2009 and beyond.
I told Erin that I wanted to make a major technology change with our website and “back end software,” and as expected, she looked terrified! [...]