Speak as if you’re right; listen as if you’re wrong
Do you ever feel like you're arguing with idiots? Most of them actually aren't (idiots). Some probably are. For those, remember, "It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument." (Wm. G. MacAdoo) In[...]
How much time do you have?
Miller was laid to rest today. Love. Friends. Family. Honor. Tears. A sense of "graduation." Miller was 21 years old, but was mature, wise and kind far beyond those 21 short years. We've been friends[...]
Is your busyness hurting your business?
Scenario One: During a recent phone conversation with friend who had just shut down his business of 23 years he reminded me of a scene from Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises where the main character, Mike[...]
The smell of leadership?
We all need to get away sometimes. "Away" doesn't have to be somewhere exotic, or some place that involves boarding passes or long car trips. Not even a weekend getaway. Just a respite; a brief[...]
Should you imprint your employees?
According to vulture-territory.com, the California Condor has been protected since 1953 and was listed as an endangered species in 1971. By 1986, for a variety of reasons, the wild populations had sunk to single digits.[...]
The really important things in life are simple, just not easy.
To say that I was an eager first time father would have been a great understatement of the facts. I was excited. Scared. Thrilled. Uncertain. Confident. Expectant (in a somewhat different way than my wife).[...]