Travel News, Information and Deals

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Once upon a time, years ago, I blogged for a travel site called MilitaryTravel.  It was a site that offered travel deals to the military community; and I enjoyed writing for them a lot.  Coming soon, I’ll start doing that on dhspeller.com.

It’ll be information on a mixture of places I’ve read about, travelled to or will travel to in the future.  At the beginning of the year, I should have access so that I can assist with booking some of the places you’ll see.  The stories can be found under the category of Travel, and the hashtag #travelinfo.  See you there soon!

The Actual Work Faithful Heat Did This Summer

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I know I posted a few pictures earlier… but thought I would show what “Faithful Heat” could do at a moment’s notice…

Yep… That’s a lot of meat. And moderation saves the day–every time.

Side Note: This post was created using my phone and the Jetpack app. It has a few limitations, but still doable.

Pictures from Summer

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I am trying to add more “openness” to my blog/site.  So, I thought I’d share from my look back at summer photos.  I had a bunch of page and post formats that I’ve never used– so I’m starting to use them now. 👍🏾

Yet Another CEO Wants to Get Rid of Remote Work

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Fortune Article image of Citadel CEO

Image: Fortune Mag Article Citadel CEO

I’ve seen another article about a CEO who wants to get rid of remote work in the online version of Fortune recently.  It discussed how Citadel founder, Ken Griffins says “employers won’t go the ‘extra distance’ to keep hybrid workers…

Why not?  In my opinion, CEOs of that ilk were certainly eager to have employees work from home during the pandemic.  Do they not plan for future events? Or, think that another event like the pandemic might happen again?  For me, it shows the short-sightedness and greed of some corporations and their leaders.

Why not take the opportunity to manage the business model into something more equitable for both employers and employees?  Honestly, I have never heard so many CEOs bitch about workers who actually make them money.

Yes, I do realize everyone cannot work from home; and there may be times for face-to-face meetings.  We that.  But it seems to me that since the government pre-bailed out a lot of companies and industries during the pandemic, they should have put that money in to R&D, and their employees instead of using it for company stock by-backs.

I’m not sure what the aforementioned Citadel founder did, but generally speaking—a lot of the funding the government made available for businesses was not used for the purposes intended.

I applaud the efforts of unions to organize people.  And for those who don’t want to unionize or don’t want to be a part of a union (even though you have more than likely benefitted from them greatly), these are a few other things to consider.

  • Push for legislation that gets rid of non-disclosure agreements or that works against you sharing in the profits of your creativity while working at a company. If you’ve helped create a new procedure or made work more efficiently at your organization—you should be recognized for it.
  • Vote for congress people who have your best interests at heart. Corporations have lawyers and lobbyists to work on their behalf.  Elected officials should be fair, but they should primarily represent all the people they serve in their districts.

I hope workers will take it a step further and realize that they have self-worth… even after some guy says “goodbye” or won’t go the “extra distance” to keep you as an employee.  Every job you’ve held added in some way to your skill set. Find ways of collaborating with others who may have been laid off and see what opportunities you all can create for yourselves as a cooperative or other synergetic type organization.

So, now let me say what I think or see happening in 2024—since people are expressing opinions (which I like to do). Lol…

I see workers continue to make decisions favorable to their work/life balance, especially the younger ones.  I also see them holding the leaders in the companies they work for accountable for the decisions they make.  I also see consumers doing the same.  Generally, people don’t like walking into a store to purchase something only to find out they have to work for free in checking themselves out and not get some type of worker’s discount.  On occasion, sure—If I’m in a hurry I’ll run over to scan a pack of gum or drink and be on my way.  But If I have to either wait in a long line because you only have two registers open or have to both wait in a long line and check myself out, you can keep what you got.  I’ll figure something else out.

No, I don’t speak for everyone—but I’m not the only one either.  And yes, this articles was another long way of saying—Do Better.

Resource:

Fortune Article by: Eleanor Pringle

Update:

And this is how you say you “took your workers to Disney Land“… probably after you realized you boo-booed, and surmised you were doing too much… <Read>

Citadel CEO KenGriffin in interview

Daniel H. Speller: About Being a Disciple in Everyday Life – My Foundation and Belief

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I wanted to explore the topic of Being a disciple in everyday life. In one way or the other, we are all followers of something.  This is my story.  I grew up as a preacher’s kid.  My mom was the minister, and my dad was a deacon.  I grew up with a good foundation in believing of an existence of a God. I found my truth along my path of growth; and I’m still growing to this day.

This writing, along with others that may follow, may eventually become a series of eBooks.  But for now, they are posts and articles, amongst my other posts, that describe my belief and approach to life as a Disciple of Christ, the Living Word. On the site, they will be under the hashtag and category of “ThoughtsOfADisciple“.  I am hoping something will be said that will be both helpful and enlightening.  I believe we all need encouragement.  Life can be perplexing at times; and words of encouragement can often help along the way.

I’m writing this as a conversation, so there will be a lot of recalling, some reflecting, and going back and forth. Revisiting situations and using them as analogies is my jam. Alibi: I am not a life coach, but I do have circumstances that one can learn from, and they will probably be mentioned from time to time. Also, this is MY Truth; how I relate to God. You may relate to God entirely differently, if so—I won’t judge you, so don’t judge me.  It really is all about a personal relationship.

With that said, thank you for supporting me by purchasing and reading my books and visiting my website.  Let’s get into it.

My Foundation and Belief

I believe that there is a God; and that God is Word—based on the scripture found in the book of John1:1. It took me a while to come to that realization because I had always imagined God in the form of mankind, which limited me terribly.  Questions like What color is he/she? Why doesn’t he/she answer me? What did I do to piss him off today?  Why did he do this or that when it says he loves me, and he doesn’t change? …and on, and on, and on, the questions kept coming.

When the epiphany came for me that God is Word; and I explored that possibility; then read, processed, and received the rest of John, Chapter 1, so many things cleared up for me. God became the very essence of the words and message I was reading.  And like words, God was everywhere, all at once, at the same time—in different languages; being expressed in different ways—all around the world.  God could be found in portions of script and scripture in every religion—regardless of how mankind had tried to change or manipulate the words. God, being TRUTH, could still be found!  Even when portions of truth tried to be omitted, there were enough hints which were left to lead the reader to know: there was more to read and learn.