Tremendous Tracey
The Hunger Games
Over the past year I’ve met a handful of people who have shared the transformative power of fasting in their lives. The more I heard the more intri...
You Can’t Keep A Good Dog Down
This past week I faced one of the greatest challenges I have ever had to deal with. My soul dog, Mr. Blue, has battled lymphoma for the past nine m...
How to live a Fully Mission-Capable Life
During my tenure in the Air Force I served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer. My job was to ensure the fighter jets were in a Fully Mission Capabl...
there’s nothing I can do for you
There really isn’t. Happiness, kindness, sacrifice—all the elements that make us good global citizens are inside jobs. They cannot be mandated or r...
We all have a brain, but do we have the mind to use it?
We may tout ourselves as the most technologically advanced, sentient beings in the history of mankind, but do we really use our minds when it comes...
Your “A” Game is useless without your “Be” Atitudes
Our “A” Game refers to what we bring to the table displayed in our outward performance. Our “Be” Atitudes are derived from the Sermon on the Mount ...
50 Shades of Blue
In celebration of a life well lived, I paws to recognize one the greatest influences in my life, Mr. Blue. Mr. Blue is my soul dog, my once-in-a-li...
“Victory is Mine!” Sayeth the Leader
Success is defined as a triumphant struggle against difficulty. If that doesn’t describe leadership I don’t know what does. People don’t like to ch...
can i get a *false* witness?
Exodus 20:16 states, “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor” as one of The Ten Commandments. But it happens all the time and chanc...
Put Success in Succession Planning
Five years ago today, I left my previous life and came home to run the publishing business my father started 49 years ago. I still remember the anx...
Starting Clean in 2014
Colonoscopies are tremendous. That’s right, you heard it from me. After achieving a milestone birthday this year, I promptly scheduled a procedure ...
Alone at Christmas? You’re Never Alone!
My most powerful Christmas happened in 1990, when I was in a faraway land deployed as part of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. It was sev...
All I Want for Christmas is Humility
I’ve been a huge advocate of acronyms since my time in the military. I came across one years ago that has been one of my favorites: SLICC—self-lic...
Praxically Speaking
Praxis is a Medieval Latin word, from Greek, which means the application or use of a knowledge or skill. In short, it’s the moment where the ideal ...
Curiosity killed more than the cat
I just read one of my favorite books, You and Your Network, by Fred Smith. Chapter 7, “Your Friends”, includes a fascinating insight. Mr. Smith cl...
