- Anna Major says:
Glenn, your article today is so right on target! Thanks for reminding us not to give up and to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps to get the job accomplished!!! Good luck with the pending house buying, have a great week out on the road but more importantly, have even a better time with your beautiful bride in the Bahamas! If anyone I know needs a vacation, it is you. It has been a rough two months for you and to get away and just focus on the two of you is a great thing. Can’t think of a more beautiful place to go! Just praying that no storms come that way while you are there!!! I think you’ve have enough rain to last you a while!
Take care and may God continue to bless you!
- Leah Morrison says:
Glenn,
You are completely right – there never is a good time.
Thank you for continuing to inspire us during the disaster unfolding at your office. I would come over and help you hang dry wall if TN weren’t so far from IA. We have not forgotten what the 2008 floods did to everyone here, and I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy!
And thank you to your employees for hanging in there and keeping on keeping on during the clean up. Work wouldn’t be the same without a frequent dose of Glenn Shepard common sense!
Leah Morrison
Waterloo, IA
- Ann Moilanen says:
Glen, I need to let you know that your email today made me chuckle. I just returned from a family vacation to a weeks worth of work waiting for me. Reading about how you react to adversary events is encouraging and I love the method you write about them. Congrats on the new house.
The sun is shining in St Cloud, Minnesota.
Ann
- Julie says:
Awesome article today, Glenn. We’re facing the same challenges with planting soybeans in western Illinois. After farming for 29 years, one of the many things we’ve learned is you have to dust yourself off and keep going each day hoping for a better tomorrow. Enjoy the sunshine. Enjoy those around you.
I like this quote I recently read: “Time flies. It’s up to you to be the navigator.” Robert Orban
Sounds like you’ve got your map out and ready for the next adventure. Good luck and hang in there.
- Beth says:
Way to keep your chin up- enjoy the much needed vacation!
- Tracie Schofield says:
Hello from Montgomery, AL. The weather is expected to be nice here tomorrow but remember that there is always a change for a quick thunderstorm. Hope you have a wonderful time while you are here. Montgomery welcomes you!
- Terry Wiegand says:
Thanks Glenn. For those of us who are phlegmatic in nature and have a tendency to “count the cost” and decide it’s not worth it, I appreciate the “do it anyway” because it IS worth it.
Terry
Springfield, MO
- Terry McCann says:
It’s funny isn’t it how things sometimes just ‘fall into place’. You battled trying to get that first house. But it wasn’t to be. Then your office gets flooded and you’re struggling to keep your spirits up. Everything is going wrong – or so it seems. Then suddenly, the clouds disperse, the sun coms out and you find the most perfect house on a hill?
Congratulations to you Glen and your most beautiful Bride. You guys certainly deserve it.
Glenn, your article today is so right on target! Thanks for reminding us not to give up and to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps to get the job accomplished!!! Good luck with the pending house buying, have a great week out on the road but more importantly, have even a better time with your beautiful bride in the Bahamas! If anyone I know needs a vacation, it is you. It has been a rough two months for you and to get away and just focus on the two of you is a great thing. Can’t think of a more beautiful place to go! Just praying that no storms come that way while you are there!!! I think you’ve have enough rain to last you a while!
Take care and may God continue to bless you!
Glenn,
You are completely right – there never is a good time.
Thank you for continuing to inspire us during the disaster unfolding at your office. I would come over and help you hang dry wall if TN weren’t so far from IA. We have not forgotten what the 2008 floods did to everyone here, and I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy!
And thank you to your employees for hanging in there and keeping on keeping on during the clean up. Work wouldn’t be the same without a frequent dose of Glenn Shepard common sense!
Leah Morrison
Waterloo, IA
Glen, I need to let you know that your email today made me chuckle. I just returned from a family vacation to a weeks worth of work waiting for me. Reading about how you react to adversary events is encouraging and I love the method you write about them. Congrats on the new house.
The sun is shining in St Cloud, Minnesota.
Ann
Awesome article today, Glenn. We’re facing the same challenges with planting soybeans in western Illinois. After farming for 29 years, one of the many things we’ve learned is you have to dust yourself off and keep going each day hoping for a better tomorrow. Enjoy the sunshine. Enjoy those around you.
I like this quote I recently read: “Time flies. It’s up to you to be the navigator.” Robert Orban
Sounds like you’ve got your map out and ready for the next adventure. Good luck and hang in there.
Way to keep your chin up- enjoy the much needed vacation!
Hello from Montgomery, AL. The weather is expected to be nice here tomorrow but remember that there is always a change for a quick thunderstorm. Hope you have a wonderful time while you are here. Montgomery welcomes you!
Thanks Glenn. For those of us who are phlegmatic in nature and have a tendency to “count the cost” and decide it’s not worth it, I appreciate the “do it anyway” because it IS worth it.
Terry
Springfield, MO
It’s funny isn’t it how things sometimes just ‘fall into place’. You battled trying to get that first house. But it wasn’t to be. Then your office gets flooded and you’re struggling to keep your spirits up. Everything is going wrong – or so it seems. Then suddenly, the clouds disperse, the sun coms out and you find the most perfect house on a hill?
Congratulations to you Glen and your most beautiful Bride. You guys certainly deserve it.
Superior??? I think one of our problems is our continuing use of nomenclature like this. I understand that the military still refers to the person someone reports to as his/her superior, but I think that mindset causes much damage. What about “supervisor” and “direct report” to describe 2010 civilian work-place relationships???
Thank you. The last paragraph was exactly what I needed to hear.
Glenn, Thanks for the great story! I think you just described a normal day in my business!
FYI – I keep my “last” cellphone. If I lose/smash/break/soak my cell, I can activate the old one for free 24/7, from the phone itself. Nice to have a free backup.
Micromanager: My helpers used to think they were being mircomanaged by me. I think it is a term used too frequently by people who do not want to held accountable.
I politely reminded them their job is secure as long as they make me happy and get things done the way I want them done. I also pay them for the time it takes to re-do to my specs, so they make more money when I make changes.
Many of the things they “think” are changes are really me reminding them of the original instructions.