This competition was a cool way to emphasize the importance of fitness in the workplace (and everywhere else) … by turning healthy weight loss into a game… As a nation, we need to focus more on the ways we can make maintaining a healthy lifestyle more fun for everybody. I hope more organizations across the country follow this example and get their people engaged in healthy, sustainable weight management programs like our zBiggest Loser Challenge.
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When Jamie Moyer pitched his first big-league game for the Chicago Cubs, Ronald Reagan was president. And no one had ever heard of the World Wide Web.
That was back in 1986, when Moyer was an unknown twenty-three-year-old rookie. On April 17, Moyer became anything but unknown. He put a big neon light on top of an amazing career that has lasted longer than any “expert analyst” thought was possible.
Tomorrow, April 26, is Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. This is a great opportunity, not only to get closer to our own kids by showing them what we do, but also to inspire them and give them a sense of passion and possibility and excitement about all the cool things that can happen in the workplace once you find your own mission in life. At Zimmerman, we encourage our people to bring their kids in to work on this day. If you lead a team, I hope you encourage your people to do the same thing.
The Mets play their home games at Citi field, which looks a lot different in left field this year than it did last year. For one thing, fans will notice that the outfield walls are now the right color — Mets blue. And for another, they’ll find a brand-new, fan-friendly seating area suspended over left field. Barstools, padded seats, waiters and waitresses, and a real party environment. All the fans are asking: “What is that? And how do I get a seat over there?”
Take a moment to think about the events that really transformed and defined this nation. Were they easy to pull off? Of course not. I can think of three that (according to the experts at the time) shouldn’t have happened. They were impossible… “Impossible” is a word we use when we want permission to stop thinking about how to achieve an important goal. Permission denied. “Impossible” is no excuse.
