Category: Personal Reflections
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BBQ part 2
Hi Everyone, I’m about 2/3 of the way done with my favorite BBQ drive, along with my 13 year old son, Mitch. There are two restaurants left for today and two more tomorrow. The funny thing about BBQ is it’s mostly the same, then you occasionally find a good place. Here are a couple stand outs for both…
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Cross-country BBQ
Hi Everyone, Seems so long ago, late in February of 2020 I was writing to you about how excited I was to go on a cross-country BBQ trip. Wow … that didn’t really work out! I wound up getting stuck in San Diego because California shut down and I wasn’t sure if I was even…
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Remembering the Fallen
Hi Everyone, Happy Memorial Day weekend! I want to take a moment to remember our fallen soldiers and give sincere gratitude to families who have sacrificed so much for this country and our freedoms. We owe all of them a tremendous debt. I hope that this weekend is a reminder to all of us that…
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Happy Mother’s Day
Hi Everyone, To all Moms here at Tahzoo, Happy Mother’s Day! Being a Mother is undoubtedly one of the most demanding and challenging jobs in the world and I can sincerely say, I respect and appreciate everything that Moms do to make their kids happy and healthy. Before I had kids, I didn’t fully understand…
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Treasure Our Mistakes
Hi Everyone, I was watching my latest Netflix show last night and there was a scene between a Mother and her Daughter about how everyone makes mistakes. The mother dramatically said, “I’ve made soooo many mistakes in my life.” That spawned another internal dialogue for me about the mistakes that I’ve made in my life…
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We Can Do Better
Hi Everyone, As humans in the very early stages of our cognitive development (as early as two years old), we begin to recognize right from wrong. As we mature through our adolescence, we develop an understanding of morality, a moral compass. What is moral and immoral and how we are expected to respond or act…
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How Proud I am of You
Hi Everyone, One year ago, today, the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic. It has been a year for the record books. Mostly people write about how quickly time goes by, this past year seems to have been the slowest year on record. Isolated and lonely, punctuated with moments of epic significance and consequence.…
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How To Handle Stress In 2021
Hi Everyone, I’ve been thinking lately about how Covid and all the other world issues might affect our mental health. My primary concern right now is that people are wearing out. Long-term stress and ambiguity have a real impact on judgment and decision making. For the last ten years, leading Tahzoo has been an exercise in finding “the balance.”…
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Lessons Learned in 2020
Hi Everyone, This will be the last Desk of Brad I send in 2020. Tomorrow is January 1st, 2021!!! It could not come soon enough. Wow, I mean, wow, what a year it’s been! I’ve been around longer than most of you (but not that much longer), and it’s safe to say that we’ve never…
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Responsibility and Resolution
Dear Team, Thank you for a good week, everyone. We are making significant progress on several fronts. We need to focus on making our deadlines and taking good care of clients as our top priority. It’s been a year of difficult challenges and we had some big wins. Let’s focus on finishing the year strong…