America is now virtually constantly “connected”. And beyond America, more than half of the human population is online, according to Mary Meeker, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, in a recently released Internet Trends report. Right at 51% of the world’s population is online, or 3.8 billion people used the internet last year. And Americans are spending more time online than ever – 6.3 hours per day last year according to Meeker. Another finding or fact is over 25% of American’s consider themselves “almost constantly online.” I would say most of this data comes as no surprise to most of us and is a mere fact that will continue to trend in the same direction and at a higher rate of inc

We have all heard the saying "Patience is a virtue." It is said often enough, but I’m not sure we truly know the meaning. So to dig a little deeper, the definition of patience is one’s ability to wait for something without frustration. It's a useful skill and an important aspect of a leader’s personality. My own impatience has literally cost me thousands of dollars, whether it is me walking through the grocery store and making too many impulse purchases, or thinking I need a new television or electronic gadget and not having the will to just wait 24 hours so that the impatient feeling of “I need this” can go away. Instead, I buy it at the store, or worse yet, I hit the “buy it now” butto