Not too long ago, I thought I was too old to do anything more with my life professionally. I thought I had kind of hit a glass ceiling of growth and performance in my engineering endeavors in the space industry. This was especially true after the space shuttles were retired; I wasn’t really sure where […]

The first couple of years of my business were done pretty nilly-willy. Sure, I had kind of a overview understanding of what I needed to get done and how to get it done, but I didn’t have a repeatable process in place. After some time, I decided to create and implement standard operating procedures for […]

Not too long ago, I started to realize that I could turn the resources that I have an abundance of into the resources that I’m lacking. Andy Kessler in his book “Eat People” brought this point home and it really stuck with me. The same is true whether you’re an entrepreneur, a business owner, or […]

Not too long ago I was searching around on Monster.com and Indeed.com for positions that use an electrical engineering degree but weren’t necessarily the “lab coat in the basement” type technical person only. I’m highly interested in technical sales and marketing, but I wasn’t sure how to make the bridge from a project engineer, which […]

I am absolutely passionate about figuring out how the human brain works. Yes, I know I’ll never be able to come to a complete understanding of the human brain and how it works, but I do know that the more I learn, the more I am able to use my mind better and help others […]

The first time I had to jump into a gigantic project all by myself I had no real idea where to start. I hadn’t taken any type of formal training, any college courses, or even read any books about the subject. Sure I had some experts around me to help out with the general process. […]

Sadly, there is no universally accepted definition of the term “Organizational Design.” Generally, it means the organized and analytical process to achieve a greater possible outcome for the business, employee, and customer. After all, being satisfied with the status-quo leads to complacency and eventually receding profit margins. Properly using the best practices of organizational design […]

8 hour test. I remember walking into that gigantic room, with what seemed like hundreds of people and stacks of books right next to them on those tiny desks. There we were, ready to take the engineering in training, or EIT, test. This was not only the longest, most difficult and challenging test I’ve ever […]

I remember the first couple of years that I was working on richardstep.com, I was randomly posting about things I was running across and had no real focus or goals in mind. Is this effective in strategic web marketing? Absolutely not. It wasn’t until I actually started diving into courses and the mentoring of experts […]