I often talk about growing up on a farm. I talk about the farm because it is where I learned so many life lessons. Lessons I didn’t really start to comprehend until the last few years. Lessons I keep coming back to. Recently a nonprofit executive and I were talking...
“What’s for lunch today?” The question came from the Executive Assistant at the organization I was doing some consulting for. She had happened upon me grabbing my lunch out of the communal fridge in the break room. “Salad,” I replied. “Didn’t you have salad last time...
***I hope you like the picture. I did a search on “Awesome” and this is what came up.***I was just sitting here thinking of what to write. To be honest, I was struggling a bit.I was going to write about habits and Steve Jobs. I still will, but not this week. Because I...
There she sat. Completely naked. Everyone in the room stared in quiet disbelief. To protect the innocent, I’ll call her Pam. Pam had just uttered the word “suicide.” To be fair, she was explaining that she has never contemplated–and isn’t currently...
Regular readers of the blog know that I often make statements which seem boastful. In reality, I think I’m somewhat humble (well, as humble as a person can be as he’s crediting himself FOR BEING HUMBLE!). My strategy is to say provocative things–things that grab...
