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…

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…

Last week was a special time for my family and me. My oldest son graduated from 4th grade and will be headed to a new school – middle school – in the Fall (the school system we currently live in has K-4 and then moves to a 5-6 middle school)….

I recently attended a leadership event called Leadercast (formerly known as the Chick-Fil-A Leadercast). It is always a great thing to sharpen up my leadership thoughts and ideas – stuff that can make me a better person overall. During one of the sessions, Bill McDermott, the CEO of SAP (one…

It is always nice to relax for a couple of days. It gives me a chance to think for a little bit  – like I have been able to the last week or so.  I unfortunately had a very rough Christmas as I got a severe case of the flu…

Wow. I heard this today, and it hit me like a brick between the eyes. Read the title again. Think less, act more. Do you know why this hit me like a brick? Because I’m one of those people… Those people who is constantly trying to improve myself. I think…

How long do you think it takes to change or to form a habit? I have read many times that it takes 21 days.  Traditional wisdom seems to say that.  Isn’t that what you have probably heard too? But I was proven wrong about it this week. A speaker I…

Do you ever run across those types of people at work that drive you crazy? You know, the ones who come by your office and then “sit” in a chair and start talking about random stuff, never leaving, while you are in the middle of writing a report… Or the…

I finished a budget project for my division recently that took me several weeks to complete. It was a great feeling to finally have this project completed! I reviewed it with finance and my bosses – everything looked good and was approved and accepted. I moved on to the next…