In May I posted a blog titled …Then Don’t Do That – A Glance at the Art of Sowing and Reaping. It explores why we do things we know we ought not do, even when we understand the consequences. We talked about how knowing the right thing, or best thing to do isn’t always enough. We need to strip ourselves of all the obstacles that cause us to make excuses and wrong decisions and get to a place of self-transparency (oh, I like that term, I should have used that in the other blog)

The Storm One evening while relaxing at our hotel, it began raining and thundering. The two kids were excited about the weather and wanted to sit outside the hotel room and watch the storm. The windows were open and I could clearly hear their conversation. After a little while, I overheard them talking about lightning, and thunder. They were debating whether light or sound travels faster. Her friend was telling Jordyn that if you hear thunder and begin counting you can e

It’s amazing how many excuses we tell ourselves that keep us from reaching what we desire to achieve. There seems to be an unending string of rationalizations we create in our mind that explain away our shortcomings. We aren’t quite living up to what we could be, if we just had a few things go our way. Just Out of Reach No matter where you are in life there seems to be something illusive, just over the next hill that you aren’t sure you can reach. You think maybe you can, but

Leadership is influence. Influence comes from relationships. Relationships come from connecting with others.

The Boss “First of all, I will say I hate the word “boss”. At least when it is applied to me. I don’t want to be a boss, I try very hard not to be a boss, look like a boss or sound like a boss. I have had bosses before and it was not very fun. They were very bossy. Back in the day the workplace looked a little different than it does now. The Boss model was everywhere. The chain of command was very important. Having control, and being the PIC “person in charge” of your pe

A Glance at the Law of Sowing and Reaping Henny Youngman told a joke about the guy that goes to the doctor and says “Doctor, it hurts when I do this”, and the Doctor says “then don’t do that”. “…then don’t do that!” Who’s more out of touch, the guy over-thinking the problem who doesn’t realize that a simple action will solve his problem, or the doctor who is too simple minded to understand that the problem is more complicated than what he observes at first glance? That joke i

I know, it makes no sense, hang with me. Think about a two or three people you know that have very low credibility in your eyes or in...

The Pareto Principle, also referred to as the 80/20 Principle, relates to virtually all areas of life and tends to be a reliable...