“Pursuing the perfect world for everyone is a waste of time and an excuse for not doing the hard work of making the world better for many.” -Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith I read this in a recent blog post from Taylor Person and it hit me like…

I was meeting with a good friend of mine recently, and we were talking about the consequences of our actions and how they affect us in the long run (as well as how they affect others). It reminded me of an old saying I had heard several years ago that…

Watching the commercials at the Superbowl last weekend (yes I watch those as much as I watch the game) I realized that marketing these days is getting out of hand. It turned into a 30 second free for all to see who could come up with the most outlandish, craziest,…

We had several snow days last week due to the extreme weather that came through our city and state. The streets were filled with ice, schools and businesses were closed, and we had about 6 inches of snow on the ground (along with some ice).   Snow days are fun!…

I was reviewing my 2016 goals for the year with a good friend of mine this week (by the way, have you written down YOUR goals for the year yet?). I noticed as we were talking that many times we can make things so complex when it comes to our…

I had a project due this week at work. And I didn’t get it finished. I kept working on it. Going back to it. Doing more research. Rewriting a part or two. And I missed the deadline to turn it in. Have you ever done this? Have you ever gotten…

Back when I was working in the secular music industry I worked with what we would call some real life, bigger than big, music industry “characters”. They were interesting people to say the least.  They truly lived up to the rock n’ roll, record executive mogul-type people that you have…

I finally finished writing my book! Can you believe it?! I can’t! This is something that has taken me MUCH longer than I anticipated, but nevertheless it is done! I started writing it in January of this year (2015), with the intent that I would have it finished and published…

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…