I told myself we’d just watch one episode. That was the deal. One episode. A little relaxing, then off to bed like responsible adults. Fast forward and we’re five episodes deep, emotionally invested, and I’m suddenly an expert on fictional characters’ life choices. My wife and I are famous for this. We’ll say we don’t […]
Roughly fifteen years ago, I got a front-row seat to something that taught me a lesson I still lean on today. My oldest son played competitive high school tennis. And when I say competitive, I mean the kind where parents pretend they’re calm while internally doing Olympic-Level stress breathing in the bleachers. He was good.
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The longer I live the more I understand how important having good coaching and mentoring is critical for business and personal success. In this second part to the series, we’ll highlight the importance of having support from those that are willing to share their knowledge and wisdom. When I think back over my life, I
The way I see it there are three types of people in this world when it comes to building something. There are those who carefully follow directions, there are those who just look at the box and toss the directions and then there are those who loosely follow the directions and wonder why there are
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Do activities just magically happen at your home like mine? Do you get an idea and try to speak it into existence without really thinking about how that idea will get accomplished? If you’re anything like me, you drive your people crazy by blurting out an idea thinking it just happens. Let me explain what
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I understand the title of this blog post may seem negative and may be controversial. But hang with me, please. For about 30 years I was an HR professional for two very large companies. In my last position, I was head of HR over a major division. Frankly, I’m not sure how I got there
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