Getting My MBA at 48

Tomorrow is a Blue Moon

It has been a long day, I have been up since 4:00 a.m. our flight from Denver was delayed 2 hours this morning while they sent a plane up to Denver.

After I had missed the first 2 flights to San Francisco, so I had to wait 3 more hours till 2:50 p.m. so I got to late in the afternoon.

I have to admit, I have enjoyed being here in my own space, alone to do what I want to do which is nice. I have laundry and getting things ready for going back to Phoenix for my next trip.

I am having a hard time staying awake, but I need to stay up for awhile before sleeping.

The news has been focused on just a few things like the terrorist bomber of NWA flight 253, which is good but our news media always over does things repeating stories till they kill them by every way imaginable.

The LA Times has a good article “Peter Drucker’s revolutionary teachings decades old but still fresh” by Michael Hiltzik. Peter F Drucker ideas again are becoming refreshed.

One in which the article talks about is

“Drucker showed that there is no “inherent contradiction between profit and a company’s need to make a social contribution,” but that the former is indispensable to achieve the latter.” from the article by Michael Hiltzik. 31 Dec 2009

There are some books about him and his ideas that I would like to read, but until I can get caught up on everything else those will have to wait.

Speaking of CEO’s that try and run a good company and treat employees and customers well is Continental Airlines, in the past they have had CEO Gordon Bethune who turn the reins over to CEO Larry Kellner who has run the company for the last 5 years.

Now Kellner is turning the job of running the countries 4th largest U.S. carrier to the man who has been sitting in the number 2 executive position for the last 5 years Jeff Smisek. He seems like that he will keep the airline running in the same direction. Just adding touches to enhance an already good product.

Tomorrow will be a Blue Moon, more on this tomorrow. I love watching the full moon and getting the energy from it.

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Great White North

Heading out of Phoenix today to the great white north, Anchorage. It is cold here. Today wasn’t to bad, but I see there are going to be new procedures after the Northwest/Delta flight from Amsterdam, Netherlands. I just hope that the American public realizes that you need to be vigilant and not complacent.

Our flight was light, and very pleasant. I was talking with the other flight attendant, she is going to school to be a veterinarian assistant and taking biology, I told her I would trade her and she could do my accounting class for me. It good to see that some of us are looking to change our stars, and follow different paths.

I haven’t had time today for studying, and I took Christmas Eve and Christmas off and spent it with friends. So I am behind, seem like I just keep running behind on this class. It ok though I need to learn the language of money.

I was watching a movie last night Sherlock Holmes with Robert Downey Jr which by the way is really good. I guess Hans Zimmer has been nominated for best score for the Critic Choice Awards his music is always top notch. But during the movie I had some feeling that I have felt for a while.

So I have decided to go back to basics, eating, meditating, exercising. I have not been feeling well as of late and know I need to be back to basics. The exercising and meditating will help me focus better and have less stress, the food well it a bonus all the way around. I need to change.

I leave you for now, need sleep, need to recoup.

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