I attended an assembly at my daughter’s elementary school last week. I was there to see them do their “class cheer” as they prepared to participate in an all day fundraising event. I watched as over 500 kids strolled into the gym and sat down on the floor. They were…

What does your morning routine look like? How productive are you in the morning? I’ve written before about having a focus on what you do when you get up every morning, and recently I ran across a few things that I have been doing that have made a difference in…

In one of the offices I worked in the company was big on promoting “collaboration”. It was an open floor plan that highly encouraged folks to be willing to work together. The company wanted everyone to get to a point that they could solve a problem they faced or come…

Recently my family and I had a chance to meet up with some good friends who are driving around the country in an RV (Mom, Dad, and four children under the age of 14!). They have been doing this for the last 6 months as they left their Michigan home…

School has started! It is hard to believe that the summer is gone and school is back in session, but for our family we have started that routine again. Waking up has been a challenge lately as well – but particularly for me. I don’t always get up at the…

Our family played a game of golf recently. Now our son has been given a gift when it comes to sports. He is not the best sports person that ever lived by any means, but he has a natural talent that allows him to be able to start a new…

My boss came by my office the other day unannounced. I thought he wanted to discuss the recent report I had prepared that we were going to use in an upcoming management meeting. But I was wrong. “Great job yesterday with your feedback in that budget meeting. I thought you…

I’m noticing it again. My mind seems to be floating away. Turning into mush. Becoming jumbled. I seem to wander in my thinking lately. I can’t seem to focus but for only a moment on something before I am thinking about the ‘next thing’. The ‘next thing’ consumes my thought…

This week I was able to spend some time at two of my most favorite places on earth. First, while attending a convention in Orlando I was able to go to Walt Disney World for a day. Our family has been visiting Disney World for over 20 years, long before…

Things got heated in a meeting I was running recently. And I didn’t like it. I was running a meeting at work with about 20 or so folks. Everyone from peers to managers was in attendance. We were trying to plan some future projects together, and one particular person didn’t…