You can’t get the maximum from the minimum …
Many people try to rise to leadership and do great things from a minimalist philosophy. But great lives and great leaders don’t come from doing the least […]
07
Oct
2010
Blog Tag
Miscellaneous
02
Oct
2010
Sailing through life …
One thing I love to do is go sailing. I’m not a trained sailor, but there’s something about being on the water that captivates me. I’ve had […]
23
Sep
2010
View from the starting line …
As I stepped out onto the track, all I could see was a string of intimidating hurdles. Some time during my junior high school years, track events […]
13
Sep
2010
Small enough to be useful …
Here’s a quirky reality for me: I like flying (in an airplane, of course), but I don’t like heights. For some reason, I’m perfectly comfortable being 30,000 […]
08
Sep
2010
The barking dog …
From the moment the small dog saw me, it started barking, and didn’t stop until I finally walked out of its sight. I was walking down a […]
01
Sep
2010
Faith on a treadmill …
Several years ago I experienced pain radiating down my arm in a similar fashion to what is sometimes experienced when someone has a heart attack. So the […]
17
Aug
2010
When being grateful isn’t enough …
Sometimes being grateful isn’t enough. You likely have experienced a situation where someone has done something of such significance for you there wasn’t an adequate means of […]
14
Aug
2010
A simple way to improve work performance or relationships …
Personal performance and productivity can be enhanced — sometimes dramatically — by putting to use a simple skill anyone can apply to whatever they do. That simple […]
10
Aug
2010
Life as a parrot …
By the time the young woman was done talking, I was tempted to offer her a cracker. Beneath the outer facade, she must have been a parrot! […]
06
Aug
2010
Get this right and you can affect outcomes …
One of the most overlooked yet pivotal elements to outcomes of almost anything we pursue is the vital element of timing. If you get into the stock […]