by Tim Autrey | Jan 31, 2020 | Monday Mindset
Take a look at the picture above. When I first saw it, I thought it perhaps a piece of art. Maybe a piece of pottery. Or perhaps some satellite image- a coastline with lighted ships offshore? What do you see? Initial impressions. We have (and make them) all the time....
by Tim Autrey | Jan 24, 2020 | Monday Mindset
The Chinese bamboo remains underground for 60 months- five years of unwitnessed effort, energy, and preparation. And at its perfect moment, this member of the grass family bursts forth into the light. It shoots skyward- up to three feet every 24 hours. Forty-five days...
by Tim Autrey | Jan 17, 2020 | Monday Mindset
When still a junior politician, Julius Caesar was captured by Sicilian pirates. According to the Greek biographer Plutarch, the pirates demanded a ransom of 20 talents of silver (about $600,000). Caesar’s context was a bit different. He felt he was worth more. He...
by Tim Autrey | Jan 10, 2020 | Monday Mindset
This past Saturday was gorgeous- a beautiful sunny morning at our hacienda in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador. Though we’re near the equator, our 10,000-foot elevation renders evenings a bit chilly. We love our fireplace! Ecuadorian friends keep us supplied with...
by Tim Autrey | Jan 6, 2020 | Monday Mindset
For many of us, this is the first “work” day of the new year…of the new decade for that matter. For those of us who choose to make it so, 2020 will be a turning point. A chance to decide what’s important and worth working for. A chance not for ‘resolution’, but for...
