Overdrive: May 2009 

I’ve had many of those tough moments— defending my best friend on the playground in elementary school, sticking up for my son on the baseball field and even sticking up for myself in the board room.

As you know, the Rock Star program was developed to provide chapters with an all-or-nothing approach to diagnosing potential areas of concern, and to identify how and where to focus their energy.

Early in my term as President of EO San Antonio, Sponsorship Chair Chris Hotchkiss challenged the board to determine how EO could become more relevant in our community.

To some, the dream of owning a business is all about freedom, a chance to change the world and all that jazz. To me, the dream was simple: To be lazy.

I just finished listening to the audio CD of Outliers, the new book by Malcolm Gladwell. He makes a point that success takes more than just being ambitious, extremely smart or working hard.

I just came back from the Global Leadership Conference (GLC) in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, and what an experience! If I had to choose just one word to describe this year’s GLC, it would be “amazing!”

Before I hired my first employees, I had never been a boss. I had worked for plenty of people and knew what I didn’t like, but I had never really worked for someone that I truly respected.

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