Lucas Shaffer in Columbus, Ga – Personal Site https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/ Thu, 30 Mar 2017 22:24:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.9 Pivot; This Way Or That https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2017/03/pivot/ https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2017/03/pivot/#respond Thu, 30 Mar 2017 22:03:52 +0000 https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/?p=1156 Preparing for the future is a bit like pouring a gallon of milk into a pint glass. I’ve learned that the best prepared do make it out OK but spending all your time putting things into place for the next step, without making the move, is exhausting. The term ‘pivot’ is both mythical and real;…

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]]> https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2017/03/pivot/feed/ 0 To all aspiring entrepreneurs: I am way ahead of you. https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2015/06/to-all-aspiring-entrepreneurs-i-am-way-ahead-of-you/ https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2015/06/to-all-aspiring-entrepreneurs-i-am-way-ahead-of-you/#respond Tue, 23 Jun 2015 21:11:50 +0000 https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/?p=1125 Stay in school. Keep that job. And more importantly, save all your money so you can have a great retirement. Just stay out of my way… I’ve recently turned 5 years old as an entrepreneur but I somehow feel that I’ve been one since grade school. While enduring one of the lowest points financially and…

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]]> https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2015/06/to-all-aspiring-entrepreneurs-i-am-way-ahead-of-you/feed/ 0 I Blame My Parents https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2015/01/blame-parents/ https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2015/01/blame-parents/#respond Mon, 19 Jan 2015 15:37:42 +0000 https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/?p=1065 As our team is off today, I am reflecting on what it means to be human. I spent time looking at the words that Martin Luther King Jr. spoke during his life. And today, I am inspired to write. His passion focused on the quality of life for all and repeats over and over that love is…

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]]> https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2014/08/the-art-of-leadership/feed/ 0 Your business doesn’t fail. You fail your business. https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2014/01/business-doesnt-fail-fail-business/ https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2014/01/business-doesnt-fail-fail-business/#respond Sat, 25 Jan 2014 03:33:14 +0000 https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/?p=942 I sit and wonder where the past three years have gone. As 2013 turned into 2014, I find myself with two businesses and still pushing through growth. Stand And Stretch increased 31% on sales revenue and this year we are already projecting a record number of clients and new services to continue spreading our solutions…

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]]> https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2014/01/business-doesnt-fail-fail-business/feed/ 0 Innovating Leadership Through Failure https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2013/04/innovating-leadership-through-failure/ https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2013/04/innovating-leadership-through-failure/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:05:26 +0000 https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/?p=922 It seems the spark of innovation is best seen through the dulling pain of failure.  The sum of my failures has often uncovered the path to success as those sparks turn into lights in a very dim-lit alley.  Through my fearless attitude towards failure, I still have the audacity to continue.   It’s the team that gives up…

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]]> https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2013/04/innovating-leadership-through-failure/feed/ 2 Being Unorthodox In A Sea Of Compliance https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2013/02/being-unorthodox-in-a-sea-of-compliance/ https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2013/02/being-unorthodox-in-a-sea-of-compliance/#respond Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:33:08 +0000 https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/?p=893 https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/479874_10200753314055168_2122452324_n.jpg”>I am often clearly aware of the culture that surrounds me. Whether I am in the midst of a customer’s story or if I am in a city where conformity is commonplace. Don’t get me wrong, I believe in standards. I live my life by a clear stack of them; some looser than others. But…

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]]> https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2013/02/being-unorthodox-in-a-sea-of-compliance/feed/ 0 Once Upon a Timing: Retrospective of Critical Importance https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2012/11/once-upon-a-timing-retrospective-of-critical-importance/ https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2012/11/once-upon-a-timing-retrospective-of-critical-importance/#respond Fri, 02 Nov 2012 03:41:42 +0000 https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/?p=844 Once upon a time, a group of friends and I set out to utilize a local Universities student web accounts to host our own sites.  These sites weren’t typical class assignments (like they were supposed to be).  They consisted of journal like entries, photo galleries and were mostly made of static HTML.  We ranted about…

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]]> https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2012/11/once-upon-a-timing-retrospective-of-critical-importance/feed/ 0 Climbing Mount Financial: Starting From Ground Zero https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2012/09/climbing-mount-financial-starting-from-ground-zero/ https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2012/09/climbing-mount-financial-starting-from-ground-zero/#respond Sun, 09 Sep 2012 22:48:11 +0000 https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/?p=830 After 13 years involving a professional career in web design and development, I began measuring my professional success in my life from the amount of jobs I was able to complete, client depth and how much money I was making. It was all a sham. I have my Masters degree in Computer Science and the…

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]]> https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2012/09/climbing-mount-financial-starting-from-ground-zero/feed/ 0 Creativity: Indulging In The Past, Present and Future https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2012/04/creativity-indulging-in-the-past-present-and-future/ https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/2012/04/creativity-indulging-in-the-past-present-and-future/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:18:33 +0000 https://www.lucaslshaffer.com/?p=818 Today was an extraordinary adventure for Dadurday.  I was reminded why my right brain was always far ahead of the left brain. I remember spending roughly about 6-7 years collecting and reading just about every comic book I could get my hands on and then zap….comics were gone from my life.  My excuse….I just got…

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