Tremendous Tracey
you'll be the same person five years from now....
Five years ago today my father triumphantly entered the gates of Heaven. My mother and sisters and I all were with him when his soul left his body...
What’s your DISC?
The DISC is a popular and effective personality-profiling tool commonly used to improve work productivity, teamwork and communication. The letters ...
hello mountain, it's me muhammad
[caption id="attachment_1492" align="alignleft" width="300"] The Charlie “T” Jones Conference Center[/caption]
If the mountain will not come to Mu...
a letter to my managers
We often read poignant letters from a parent to a child, an elder to a junior, a husband to a wife. These heartfelt notes contain the most importa...
chicken little leadership
True leaders love a crisis. It gives them the chance to go through the fires and be molded into something stronger and more powerful. The masses lo...
read to succeed
Books, books, good for the soul
The more you read the more you know.
The more you know, the more you achieve
So read great books, if you want ...
four things in four years
Four years ago this week I made a decision that I knew was coming for the past 45 years. In the words of ole blue eyes, “I've lived a life that's f...
Are you Slacktose Intolerant?
Offer the lazy an egg, and they'll want you to peel it for them.
- A Proverb
Slacktose intolerance, also called loser phobia and hypomalaisa, is ...
Deconstructing the Bull
I recently attended a board meeting where the members discussed whether or not the organization should purchase a building. The overwhelming majori...
How I finally became the most popular kid in school
I confess I wasn’t very hip when I was in school. Part nerd, part band geek, and part quasi-athlete, I mixed with a wide range of kids and never ma...
When Your Best Isn’t Good Enough
There are times in everyone’s life when we cannot get to the end goal we desire despite how much effort, hope, or prayer we apply. One of the keys ...
I lived life and all I got was this lousy T Shirt! Or, Failure Is an Option
If no one is responsible for the consequences of their mistakes or can claim victory for their successes, what’s the point of living? We may as wel...
livin la vida laissez
The phrase laissez-faire is French and broadly implies "let it be", or "leave it alone." Helen Keller put it perfectly, “Science may have found a c...
sticks and stones may break my bones and words can always hurt me
I’ve spent the last two months teaching leadership principles to elementary school students with my dog, Mr. Blue. It’s the closest thing to being ...
i’m proud to be a coal miner’s doggie, by Mr. Blue
My Mom is not really a coal miner, but she is from Pennsyltucky, so maybe there’s a little bit of it in her. I am halfway through our “pawtograph” ...
