Todd Dietrich

Everyone has opinions and while I am a believer of the mindset that opinions can’t be wrong because they’re subjective, I am certainly suspect to how opinions, including my own, are formed. Opinions aren’t formed in a vacuum, they are shaped by a lifetime of experiences. Some are more important than others, but the sum…

Ideas are a dime a dozen and promises are easy to make, but what separates the dreamers from those who are actually making a difference is one thing. Their willingness to show up. If you come up with a great way to improve your workplace, but you do nothing to see it come to fruition,…

Today Google tweeted about a guy who decided to map Kazakhstan. Yes, the entire country. For those of you who don’t want to go read the news article, the summary is that Kyril Negoda discovered that his home country wasn’t mapped on Google, so he took it upon himself to use Google’s Map Maker tool…

Slow. Down. Stop and think about how your actions are going to be interpreted by others. If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the past few weeks it’s that it doesn’t matter what your intentions are, it’s how other people perceive your actions. Think about it, if someone says “no offense” then chances are pretty…

I have always been a gadget guy and up until recently I always had to have the latest and greatest, bleeding edge gizmo, if for no other reason than it was new. Some people like to splurge on fancy dinners or vacations, I had electronics. (Sure, some people do all of that stuff and buy…