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Lynette Kaye Chandler, Stephen Enge, Barbara Fulton, Terry McSween, Norman Leonard Schultz
Terry
McSween, PhD (PhD received: 1980)
In a message dated
3/28/2006 7:49:40 AM Central Standard Time, dickmalott@old.dickmalott.com writes:
How ya'
all doing, individually and collectively, including Daniel?
Great to hear from
you and thanks for remembering [sixth wedding anniversary]
(and for the prompt -- ordered flowers before heading for
the airport). Camie had forgotten also, so you won me big
points and extra booty awaits my return!
We just got back
from a week long holiday in Italy, following the [Behavior-Based
Safety (BBS)] conference with Fabio. Went very well, with
people standing in the meeting room that sat 250 people!
Fabio got 180 request for information, so I think we gave
BBS and OBM in Italy a major boost. After the conference,
we hit Venice, Florence, and Rome, with as much museums,
ruins and art as our 5 year old could stand. He was usually
good for about 3 hrs of museums (about my limit too, I might
add), then we had to go feed pigeons. Must be 50,000 pigeons
in Italy, and I think Daniel feed them all at least twice!
Won't be a hungry pigeon for basic research in Italy for
weeks as they must all be at 120% of body weight!
How's the
nurse practitioner MA program going?
She finished in
Dec and takes her boards on Thursday. So we'll have to celebrate
both that an our anniversary this weekend.
Business?
Old adage, careful
what you wish for! We hit $1 million in billing this year.
It's amazing. I've brought on Dee Tinely Strong (used to
be Smoot) and a sales guy, as well as a couple of other part-time
contractors, and moved my marketing guy into doing observer
training for employees to give us added flexibility. Problem
is that I'm working hard than I really want (read doing billable
work versus just sales and marketing), and traveling more
than I like -- both of which I'm working to get a handle
on. We are currently booking new projects to start often
2-3 months from signing, versus our previous 6 weeks. I'm
so behind, I have no idea what our billable days are YTD.
On the plus side,
I've doubled my salary, and am funding a much higher level
of retirement, so life is good on the professional front.
On the negative
side, Wanda Myers passed away last week from cancer after
a life time of smoking. She was the first woman to start
an OBM firm. I worked for her from '85-90. She worked for
me since then, selling our first safety project, leading
our most successful project, and being one of those family-like,
love hate relationships. She worked up until two weeks before
she went into the hospital, when her health begin to interfere
with her job performance. She was in the hospital for about
five weeks. Sad -- she'll be missed.
Exercise?
Been off since before
Italy, struggling before that but still pretty solid on a
3.4 mile path a couple of times a week supplemented with
weights at the YMCA. Struggling to sustain 3-4 times a week
with travel. Camie on the other hand succeeded in running
the Houston Marathon in mid-Feb.
Diet?
Got back down to
160 from the ballooned 170, then Italy brought me back to
168 or so. Travel again adds to the challenge, but am fair
at avoiding red meat, and having salmon a couple of times
a week, with Greek salads as a routine staple.
What's new?
What's old? What's good? What's bad?
Those mostly covered
above. Still a little jet lagged from Italy, and traveling
to Philadelphia for a two day workshop with a client. Then
hope to be home for a while, though have major projects working
in California and Florida.
Camie bitches about
the time I'm spending on the road, and, I am in complete
agreement with her, just struggling to get the right balance!
But, the problems are all good ones to have. Now, trying
to decide whether to level here and get it under control,
or try to grow to a larger group and double again!
Separate question
we're struggling with is Camie going back to work, now that
she has the NP degree. I'm trying to get her to hold off
until Sept when Daniel starts to Kindergarten. But my travel
will be problematic even then, and while her income can be
significant, she still can't get into my current income level.
But, we'll figure something out. Again, good problems to
have.
Times are good.
Happy man!
Feel free to share
with all.
Love ya man!
Terry
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