David Gise's Blog (8)

Before I get started I just want to clarify, when I say bring "health and fitness" into your office, I am not suggesting that you need to make room for a treadmill, I am strictly speaking of bringing the "health and fitness" mindset into your office.



Why I'm qualified to write this blog post… Continue

This weeks Open Office Space Cool Huh? pick is a day late and also the reason for our selection.



Our featured subject for (Friday) Thursday August 27th - the chargepod mobile charger by callpod



Description: The Chargepod by callpod could have come in most handy yesterday when my laptop battery died, erasing all my work.



The Chargepod is a 6-way charging device… Continue

As we announced last week, we just launched a new weekly feature on the Open Office Space blog called Cool Huh? Each week we will select a new product, tool, application, website or technology that we think will make at least one… Continue

Today, we are launching a new weekly feature on the Open Office Space blog called Cool Huh? Every Thursday from here on out, we will select a new tool, application, website or technology that we think will make at least one entrepreneur or small business person (besides us)… Continue

If I have learned one thing from my 17 years as a personal trainer, it is the importance of getting my clients to put their obstacles, setbacks and/or short term failures in the right perspective. Once a client has been able to master this behavior, the chances that they will stick to an exercise program for the long haul will improve dramatically.



Here is the typical scenario of a client that is NOT able to master this behavior: Client X will have a bad weekend of eating or… Continue

Currently my wife and I are visiting Paris for the very first time. Over the past few days I think it is safe to say that we have walked over 15 miles and have covered many of the "must see" areas according to the travel guides.



In addition to the unbelievable architecture and famous museums, it is amazing how many restaurants and outdoor cafes there are throughout the city. One thing that we find quite unique about Paris is the the seating… Continue

For 17 years prior to getting involved in the whole technology thing (and even to a small extent today), I was a personal trainer. Throughout my career I have worked with a very diverse group of clients including: professional athletes, CEO's of public companies, stay at home moms & dads, weekend warriors, children, teens as well as basically every personality type you can think of.



While there were many obvious differences between each one of my clients, there was definitely one… Continue

A couple of days ago I was channel surfing and caught the beginning of the movie Top Gun...of course that is where I spent my next 2 hours. After the first hour I lost count of how many times I said the word "corny and "cheesy" to describe some of the dialogue.

If you get a chance, take a few hours and re-watch the movie but be prepared for the headache you will get from rolling your eyes.



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