Author Archives: rickgramatges

I had just walked out of a 2 year role as General Manager of a $24M a year company. It wasn’t the path I wanted to follow, but it was the only option for me. A few days before, I was asked if I would be interested in attending an introductory seminar for a courseContinue reading “Are you prepared?”

You probably have seen pictures of people huddled around a radio listening to the news or entertainment. This was the age before TV, so your imagination had to fill in the “pictures” of what was happening. Families would spend time together listening and discussing what was being said. Children would ask what a word meant,Continue reading “Why we need to learn how to make radio!”

Have you ever been hiking or maybe driving in a car through hills and valleys and gotten to a point in the path where you can’t see the end, your destination? Maybe it is because you are at the low point in a valley and your destination is just beyond the next hill? When youContinue reading “It is hard to see the end from here!”

Going to share with you a little about what has been going on with me. Don’t worry, I am not going to share my deepest secrets or open up about my emotions. None of those things are bad, but this post is not so much about those things. -> I started writing a Blog PostContinue reading “Switch it up!”

Have you noticed that all YouTube Videos are 10 minutes or more now? I do a lot of reading on business and mindset. Sometimes I like going to YouTube to see if there is a video on the 10 best things <blank>, you fill in the blank there. It could be on-line business ideas, orContinue reading “Did you really need 10 minutes to tell me that?”

I have met many successful people. Some have degrees and others have what some call street smarts. Both bring value and both have limitations and understanding those aspects are the key to success.  Full disclosure, I have a formal education so this is being written from a point of view held by someone who wentContinue reading “The limits of formal education!”

In his book, “Creativity, Inc,” Ed Catmull goes through the story of Pixar and shares business and life lessons with the reader. In one chapter, he talks about drawing and how artists see the world. See the world is an important aspect of an Artist’s craft that most people don’t get. They think an ArtistContinue reading “That is not the color of the lake!”

The mind is a bit of a mystery. If you tell someone “not” to think about something, that is the first thing they think about. The title of this Blog came from a talk that Simon Sinek was giving where he wanted to prove to the audience that you can’t have a negative thought inContinue reading “Don’t focus on the trees!”

There is a tendency with managers to believe that because they told an employee to do something, that act or task will be completed. I bet you are thinking to yourself right now that the previous statement is crazy. No one ever does what you tell them to do, and I agree, so why doContinue reading ““People don’t do what you expect but what you inspect.” Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.”

Someone suggested I write a book of quotes. They like to call them “Rickisms” I just think they are great quotes from some great people. I say Part 1 above because there will likely be a Part 2, but not sure how many more. “If you think you can do it, or you think youContinue reading “My Favorite Quotes – Part 1”