How many times did I pray this week, and ask God to help me with something?  How many times did I tell someone I was going to do something and then I did it?  How many times did I start something and then I didn’t finish it? Or not. Or…

Do you know where the most powerful source of confidence comes from? Do you think it comes from accomplishing things? Believing in yourself? Taking action? Yes, those things are definitely very helpful.  But they really don’t completely do it.   You’d think confidence comes from believing in yourself or your…

I was in a situation several weeks ago where I disagreed with a peer of mine about something, but I was not prepared to discuss it at that point (I had not finished looking into it).   Yet my peer decided he was ready to discuss it immediately and continued to…

I just had lunch last week with a co-worker whose job was “deleted” last week (that is what he called it). I was unaware that this happened (they don’t put out group emails about these type of things in my office!) but was once again keenly reminded how our careers…

Several times this week I was in a meeting and other people started criticizing what another department wasn’t doing correctly, how they were doing something that wasn’t effective, how badly the direction a project was going, etc. So I decided to join in. And my human flesh became evident. I…

I recently read an article from Jeff Weiner / CEO at LinkedIn that talked about the importance of scheduling nothing and it really got me to thinking again about everything currently going on at my job. How do your days look when you are at work? Is it non-stop meetings,…

I don’t listen to the radio that much anymore, particularly when I am on my commute to work. When I listen to music I end up hearing the same songs, and talk /sports radio is a lot of political ranting and negative talk (plus I can get the scores and…

My good friend Steve and his family from Detroit are in town visiting this week and we had a good discussion about email last night. I was explaining to him that before or after work hours, with rare exceptions, I no longer check my work email. Period. I don’t even…

I don’t think that will work.” “Why would you even suggest something like that?” “He doesn’t even have any idea of what he is talking about.” “Why don’t they change the way our company does things?” Complaining complaining complaining! We all have heard it (even have been a big part…

This was a good week for me at my job.  Even though I am still learning my way around, I was able to get some things done that were critical to our short-term and long-term success.  I also had several opportunities to learn from other leaders within the organization, and…