Loving, Learning, Leading, Listening

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A good cup of coffee @ 4 am

Is there too much noise?

Sometimes in order to get clarity of purpose, you have to figure out how to filter out the noise of life from the information that matters.  I think …

Are you listening or just hearing?

At four o’clock in the morning the world around me sounds very different than 9am. i appreciate the stillness.

However, I am often shocked when …

Civility and Managing Up In A Hot Mess

The first train of the day rolled by as I took a brisk walk to the coffee shop.  The podcasts were definitely aligned to stimulate my senses for the …

Dignity on PI day

Dignity for me.  I want to be honored and respected.

Dignity for your neighbor.  They want to be honored and respected.

Student activism on gun …

The Next X Years

I am most likely on the second half of my timeline.  I am now feeling an urgency in my step to leave a legacy for others.

Whatever it is, I know a few …

Measure - Spend The Time

Valuable Meetings

Meetings. How many of them can be changed, disregarded, and not even attended? Can one spend their time on more valuable work?

Automatically as I was …

Uncomfortable

Being uncomfortable gets my Spidey senses going. It is uncanny how I can see problems with much more clarity. The smallest details become chasms that …

Weeds and Software

Saturday morning weeding has turned into a quick 1 hour endeavor which I share with my wife.  There was one area I neglected for about a month though …

How is your impact rubbing off?

How do I rub off on others?  I had to really think about this question after listening to the EntreLeadership podcast featuring Dr. Jackie Freiberg on …

The Purpose Of Feedback

So You Really Want to Take a Vacation

Boundary Management

Living a Transformational Life

Work is what you make it - 10 observations