A few days ago, I was talking with a colleague and at one point he turned our conversation to the topic of reading. He mentioned a management book he thinks highly of but then admitted he has never been a big reader and often relies on audio books to pick up new ideas. As a... Continue Reading →
There's a sorta-famous saying attributed to Albert Einstein where he observed that the moment you stop learning is the moment you start dying. Personally, I believe that to be one of the universal truths of existence. When we are learning, we are engaged - perhaps physically, perhaps mentally, perhaps both - and that fans the... Continue Reading →
While not intentional, I've not written anything on the blog for several weeks now as I'm watching events play out in my community, our country and the world. Like many of you, my mood can change pretty rapidly based on what's going on around me and so it just hasn't seemed right to sit down... Continue Reading →
Let's be honest - we typically get told "no" way more often than we ever hear "yes." Applying for jobs, asking someone out on a date, suggesting something new at work or even asking for ice cream at breakfast. No. No. No! No!!! The world, in short, has a lot more Nos than Yeses. So... Continue Reading →
That was the bold declaration of a speaker I saw several months ago and which has stayed with me. He was presenting to a packed room of professionals and had started his talk by making polite fun of all the trite buzz words we sometimes use to describe ourselves. He was laughing at how many... Continue Reading →
...than you realize. I was struck by truth in this statement several times in the last few weeks and finally caught on that this would be a good topic of my next post. It all started innocently enough when my wife and I were looking through some old vacation photos. There were several shots specifically... Continue Reading →
I was always kind of a math guy. I liked that things balanced out and how, even with missing information, you could often fill in the blanks (yeah, I was an Algebra geek). In a world that sometimes didn't make a lot of sense or seemed beyond my immediate control, I appreciated that I could... Continue Reading →
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