Not that you asked, but I have some things to say.

Music Row, Prince's Chicken, the Ryman, Fan Fair (yes I still call it that)...just a few of Nashville's unique offerings. Add the tech-start up environment, the healthcare industry, a grand infrastructure for new HQs and Data Centers, and some fine universities....we've sort of got it going on here in Nashville. GQ, Esquire, Saveur, Forbes (just to name a few) have extolled the beauties of Nashville and we've been dubbed 'the new It city'....we have also garnered a few haters (The Atlantic, a few blogs, etc) either denying our 'It' status, or spewing vitriol about the detestability of an 'It' city even existing....we've got it. When the love comes forth you are doing something good.....when the haters start in, you are doing something great. But....we have something here that I've heard is rather unique. Nashville, being a city of transplants, has the ability to look at itself with many eyes...through the migrated lenses of our tran

OK....first, I'll have to admit that 4 out of 10 people that I speak to about "Goal Club" seem to hear "Gold Club", and then the stripper jokes commence....while this speaks volumes, it has nothing to do with what I want to talk about here. I have a group of 10 or so friends, networking pals, that have allowed me to speak to them on a process to set goals. It's a process that was introduced to me over a decade ago, by a leader that I respect immensely.  In a nutshell, it is a way to take a wish, and turn it into a goal (most people think they have goals, when they actually have wishes, goals have requirements). The process then takes those goals and adds a few steps that will best ensure the accomplishments of these goals. Seems simple, but in the decade or so I've been doing it as a pupil, I've yet to truly master it. I'm not sure anyone has. I believe that's the beauty of the process, that the desire and process of making yourself bette