http://matthewdavidpeterson.com My Life, My Dogs and My Opinion Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:19:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the unfortunate trends I’m seeing in the business world is a lack of agility. Meaning people and organizations that do not have the ability to react quickly and efficiently. Here’s an example: True story. I’m currently trying to buy “something”. Now, I don’t want to be flip ... http://matthewdavidpeterson.com/2009/07/10/business-agility/ As I registered for my St. George Triathlon earlier this year I was asked to enter what my actual weight was. I proudly entered 226 lbs. After tabbing into the next field a message popped up that said I would be classified as a Clydesdale. What the hell is a ... http://matthewdavidpeterson.com/2009/05/07/clydesdale-unleashed/ Ohhh what an adventure today has been. Today we said good bye to half of our travel group and Fred, Rick and I took off towards Mendoza, Argentina. We had planned on spending three days in Mendoza to explore a new city and try a new wine region. We left ... http://matthewdavidpeterson.com/2009/04/19/chile-day-7/ Today we took a tour of Santiago. I really like this city. I don’t know it as well as I do Vina Del Mar and Valparaiso, but I would love to live here. I would love to live here for a year or so and really get to know this ... http://matthewdavidpeterson.com/2009/04/18/chile-day-6/ Today we headed up to Cabildo to have lunch with the Ficher Family. I was very excited to go up and see Mamita y Papito and the rest of everyone else. I lived with the Ficher Family for 7 months during my first visit to Chile. They were wonderful to ... http://matthewdavidpeterson.com/2009/04/17/chile-day-5/ The playground equipment was supposed to arrive last night and we were going to come up and install it during the night. That did not happen. We had planned to do an inauguration of the new playground area today, so even though we had not completed everything we decided to ... http://matthewdavidpeterson.com/2009/04/16/chile-day-4/ It was an early morning…especially after I was up until 2:30 exploring the city with Fred. This morning we were back at the school working on touch up painting of the roof structure. The floor is in and the roof is now complete. We are only missing the playground equipment. ... http://matthewdavidpeterson.com/2009/04/15/chile-day-3/ Today we finally arrived in Vina Del Mar. Of course there is something about this city that just draws me back every time I am in Chile. I love the drive from Santiago out to Vina Del Mar. Through the wine region of Casa Blanca makes me feel like I ... http://matthewdavidpeterson.com/2009/04/14/chile-day-2/ Yesterday I headed back down to Vina Del Mar, Chile. 12 years ago, I served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in this exact area. I loved my mission and I am very glad that I had the chance to do it. I would ... http://matthewdavidpeterson.com/2009/04/14/chile-day-1/ I love days where I feel like I can conquer the world. I was up at 5:00 this morning...off to the gym... back home... had breakfast... fed the girls and even had a few minutes to rough house with them in the living room before heading to work. My morning ... http://matthewdavidpeterson.com/2009/04/03/whats-playing-on-my-ipod/