Prior to my role as a detailer, I worked in the field as a journeyman plumber. The job site was a brand new high school made of concrete and steel. I was freshly turned out from the apprenticeship program and my appearance reflected that: tattered shirt sleeves, worn out tools, and frayed overalls.
I was raised on a dairy farm and loved to drive and operate equipment. One day, when I was about 17 years old, my father and I were going to transport cattle from our dairy to the Portland stock yard.
For over 30 years, I have worked with the senior management, leadership, sales, marketing and customer service team members of client companies.
On April first of this year, my crew was assigned the plumbing of the new resident's hall at George Fox University. While working on the third floor bathrooms, just down the hallway from the loading doors, the sheet rock workers were in the process of off-loading sheet rock.
Four weeks ago I decided to put 5X more enthusiasm into spending time with each of my six children. I had fallen into the pattern of getting home from work and then trying to send the kiddos to their rooms or outside to play so I could get my own time to relax.
You can't learn to lead from lectures. Online learning is the wave of the future. I'm a strong advocate for using the extraordinary resources of the Internet to pass along knowledge.
Over 20 years ago, I was scheduled to be the keynote speaker for a client's annual franchisee meeting in Springfield, Missouri.
Over the Christmas and New Year's break, I talked with Virgil Casto, my old army buddy from over 50 years ago. Talking with Virgil put me in a reflective mood.
When I received my 5X Red Dot, and the admonition to apply 5X more enthusiasm - 'commitment in action' to one of my stalled projects.
Day 10 of our 2,500 mile adventure from Loganville, GA to Seabeck, WA:We stayed at the Camelot RV site last night; one of the most well-kept, neat-as-a-pen, not a rock out of place, sites we’ve stayed in. Camelot RV is located in the town of my birth, Poplar Bluff, MO.
Larry W. Dennis, Sr. President,
Turbo Leadership Systems©