Mark W. Shead

Robert W. Lane (the CEO of John Deere) made some good comments about integrity in a speech at Yale.

Many of you have some corporate experience. You have tested yourselves on the field of competition. You know the critical importance of passion, commitment, teamwork, perseverance and imagination. But without integrity—that moral compass to do what is right, not just what is expedient—these important traits lack a “bonding agent.” They require integrity to make them truly adhere to business goals.

You can read more of what he said here.

Eric at AdventureLogue posted a link to my article about why you can’t drink the water in Mexico. This is based on our experience living in Durango Mexico as well as some trips to Mexico City. Quite a few people really seemed to enjoy the article. I’ve been a little surprised at how popular it has been. I guess everyone has heard that you can’t drink the water South of the border, but most people don’t really understand why.

From other people I’ve talked to it is fairly rare for you to be able to drink tap water in most countries. I’m assuming that England and Germany and the larger countries in Europe have water that you can drink, but the largest percentage of countries have water that isn’t safe for drinking. It will be interesting to see if Mexico continues to develop and if the water becomes drinkable in the next 50 years.

I finally sat down and made a list of the pros and cons of living in Durango Mexico. For example on the pro side is that there are very nice people and housing is reasonable. On the con side is the fact that food is more expensive than other places and they have scorpions.

All in all though Durango a nice place for us to live right now.