http://www.fitfuel.com/blog Fuel Your Life Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:57:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The use of Twitter to present VCs with your business plan in 140 characters or less, as suggested by our CHO, is an interesting idea, and I have experimented with it a little bit, trying to pass along an idea that contained a good bit of information in that brief ... http://www.fitfuel.com/blog/2008/08/19/creativity-communication-and-brevity/ Telecommuting is becoming more and more popular, and to me, it makes a lot of sense. With the prices of gasoline hovering around $4.00 a gallon and the earth warming due to greenhouse gas emissions, telecommuting saves workers time and money and it is good for the environment as ... http://www.fitfuel.com/blog/2008/08/18/benefits-of-telecommuting/ I spend 50% of my time dealing with internal company issues - namely culture - and 50% of my dealing with external issues, like customers and vendors. Today, I feel an urge to write about company culture and how a focus on culture can go wrong...fast. I've said on several ocassions ... http://www.fitfuel.com/blog/2008/08/15/a-few-culture-thoughts/ Our CHO (Chief Health Officer) says that he does his best thinking while running, and he routinely puts in double digit mileage in the summer heat of Las Vegas, so a whole lot of thinking gets done. I agree that running is a time for reflection, and my experience ... http://www.fitfuel.com/blog/2008/08/15/running-as-meditation/ When I think back to my childhood, I realize that for the most part, at home and at school I was always corrected and/or scolded or punished when I did something wrong, but I was rarely given praise when I did something right or well. The class as a ... http://www.fitfuel.com/blog/2008/08/14/positive-feedback/ Companies: this is a relatively easy way to think about how you pitch your business or idea and whether or not you've refined it to the point you need to... Can you Twitter it? Yes, that's 140 characters or less. Just something that came to mind when I direct messaged a friend ... http://www.fitfuel.com/blog/2008/08/13/business-plan-all-you-need-is-twitter/ 10.) Everybody else is doing it. 9.) Girls find the silhouette in the Fit Fuel logo to be strangely attractive, in a Mr. Peanut kind of way. 8.) Your mother told you not to. 7.) To avoid looking like the "before" guy in the upper right hand corner of this page. 6.) Supplements are ... http://www.fitfuel.com/blog/2008/08/13/top-10-reasons-to-shop-at-fit-fuel/ Our CEO just forwarded me an email with all of these hilarious translation gaffes: Check out Engrish.com, it's a hoot! http://www.fitfuel.com/blog/2008/08/12/translation-fun/ Most of us have heard of The Secret and the Law of Attraction, which basically states that like attracts like, so it is best to think positive thoughts and not dwell on the possibility of negative outcomes. There has been a lot written on the subject, and a lot ... http://www.fitfuel.com/blog/2008/08/11/releasing-emotions/ I'm lucky to have the best friends in the world. This blog post basically consists of a screenshot from part of a Skype chat with a friend who moved to China from Buffalo, NY and started a business from scratch. Aside from managing to be both a savvy business owner ... http://www.fitfuel.com/blog/2008/08/11/putting-things-into-perspective/