Have you ever had the thought that your boss is not a good leader, but that they just boss you around? Better yet, have you ever had the thought that maybe you aren’t a good leader, but just bossy? Maybe people follow you because they are afraid, not because you lead well. I found this quote online and wanted to share it with everyone. It compares leadership to “bossiness”: Read the rest of this entry »

Here is a great testimonial from the Mount Washington 09 Trip

Thanks for everything. It was an amazing experience that will surely change my life forever. The trip let me and my dad see and do things that most people will never do. It was amazing. 

Thanks a Ton!

Patrick Begley

Patrick Begley

Hey everybody! I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday!

Ascent Adventure Consultants has some REALLY exciting things planned for 2009. One of them is the plan for the blog. We will be following a weekly schedule, having each day be dedicated to a different topic. What are those topics, you ask? Here they are:

1. Mondays- Trip Reports
2. Tuesdays- Fitness and Training Tips
3. Wednesdays- Business and Corporate Training Advice
4. Thursday- Climbing Techniques and Tools
5. Friday- Environmental Issues and Advice
6. Saturdays- Miscellaneous Items that We Want to Write About!

So make sure to check back to read what interests you!

An interesting article on the Craving Balance Blog:

“James clearly hit a nerve last week with his post on balancing work and work. Participating in the landscape of raucous comments (60-something and counting), I nearly jumped out of my chair when I read one reader’s comment:

“I am my business.”

This comment made me realize that I work as an expert in a field that doesn’t exist. You see, there’s no such thing as work-life balance. There’s no such thing as work-work balance. Everything in our lives is in constant movement and continuous flow.

Let’s just say that if you’re in balance, you’re dead.

via No Such Thing as Work Life Balance? – Craving Balance Blog – Craving Balance… “

Now…I wouldn’t necessarily agree with that. You need to have balance. We can’t throw away our individual self and become absorbed with business. That is what I have been writing about in these global village articles. However, I do agree that we are in constant movement and finding a good flow through which we can channel personal life and business at the same time is important.

Just something fun and interesting!

IPods Get Altitude Sickness IPAS.

Over at the “Facilitator’s Corner Blog” at OutdoorEd.com, Jim Grout of High 5 Adventure wrote an posting about how the outdoor adventure and experiential education industry has more and more regulations imposed upon it every year. He was encouraging professionals in the industry to remember “that the essence of what we do as adventure educators is to provide people with a powerful learning experience that is engaging, challenging, thought provoking, and fun.”

It is so important to remember that the reason Ascent Adventure Consultants exists is to provide this very type of experience for all of our participants on adventures and training courses. As soon as we lose this focus, our courses will be less meaningful and effective. Our commitment to all of our clients is to continue to provide engaging, challenging, thought provoking, and fun adventures and training programs. It is through this type of adventure and guiding that lives are changed.