Monthly Archive: December 2009

All Systems are Go

by Doug Emerson reprinted with permission

During the height of NASA’s space exploration program, the words that I loved to hear right before a launch were “All Systems Are Go”. Launching a rocket is no small feat, even for hundreds of rocket scientists. The rocket launch cycle was held together with a connection of systems …

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Survive or Thrive With Your Boarding Business?

by Doug Emerson (reprinted with permission)

From the  Horseman’s Dictionary: Broke (brok)- 1. a well trained horse 2. A chronic financial condition of a professional horseman who has too many slow paying clients   Even during good economic times, some clients are not responsible about making timely payments for board, training and lessons.  During tougher …

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Let Me Check My Calendar

I like to call the week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve Reflections Week. There are pauses in the regular work schedule to tie up the loose ends of the year, relax a little and do some reflecting on what has happened in the past twelve months.

Your mind’s eye, given the right timing and environment, will replay the movie of 2009 for you to see what happened during the year. You may want to look at your written goals for the year and see how you did with the job of completion.

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