I'm back....things have been crazy!   We have more help now so I am carving out more time for writing....whether you like it or not! 

We took the company for a week-long retreat to Belize a couple weeks ago, where we held all of our strategic planning meetings.  Needless to say, it was pretty phenomenal!  Beautiful sand, clear water, turtles, sharks, rays, fish, coral and plenty of stories.  It may have been one of the best things we have done yet!  Everyone had a great time and the fact is, we also got a lot of planning done.  Company culture is very important to me, whether it's our company, a client's or people that make the things I buy.  I think the biggest plus about Spych is the fact I can honestly say I love everything about my job, day after day.  Are there times when I may not be particularly thrilled about crunching numbers, inputting expenses or balancing out the finances? Absolutely, but those are the exceptions and I'm okay with that.

What is it that you could do every day for the rest of your life, and be happy? What is something that could keep you motivated to do your best and keep pushing forward? For me, its conversation. I thrive on great conversation and speaking with people who make me think.  Really think. I guess I kind of got lucky enough to figure it out when I was a little kid, but for some reason I used to always think about when people talked about having "the best day of their life". I'd hear it in music, see it on TV and hear people talk about it in conversations. I eventually ended up on the conclusion that every day had the potential to be the best day of your life. So, I pretty much kept that in mind from then on. I know, i was a strange kiddo, but at least I was an optimistic one!

When you put it into perspective, it's true. How often do we think about it though? We wake up in the morning, scurry along to get ready for work, school, or whatever else our day brings, and we don't think about the potential of the day until something outstandingly positive or negative happens. I'm a person that believes in self-fulfilling prophecies. I know we can control our attitude, and to me, that can shape the majority of situations and conversations that occur throughout our day, or at least how we react to them. What if you wake up and consciously think about the potential for the day to really be the best day of your life? Some days it will end up being average, some below average, but do you think it could affect the progression of the "best" days of your life? I venture to say yes.

I hope tomorrow is the best day of your life...and the next day is even better!

BTW - if you're wondering, I had a pretty dang good day today. Was it the best? Maybe not, but at least it had the chance ;)