Reflections
Usually brief. Hopefully helpful. Sometimes funny.
How Do You Get Leadership Experience?
Experience is a wonderful teacher. You can read books, watch YouTube videos, and take courses on leadership -- all ...
Maxim #28: The Key to Writing is Rewriting
"The key to writing is rewriting." I heard this phrase often when my wife was teaching our kids how to write. It ...
Maxim #27: Take the Stairs
Would you believe me if I told you that taking the stairs could change your life?
Michael Easter's book, The ...
TRY!
Jedi Master Yoda once told Luke Skywalker, "Do or do not. There is no try."
With all due respect to Yoda, I ...
What I Read in February
The River of Doubt by Candice Millard
This was a fascinating book. President Teddy Roosevelt, ...
Have Good Defaults
We have a limited amount of willpower. We have a limited amount of decision-making energy. Although there are ...
When?
You want to do it.
You plan to do it.
But you never actually get around to doing it.
"Why?" ...
Eat. Move. Sleep.
There is a lot of advice available on how to optimize your health. I read some of it. I am sure a lot of it is ...
What I Read in January
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese (FICTION) I really enjoyed this book. Set in India in the early 1900s ...
Self-Help and Christianity
As someone who is convinced that Christianity is true, how do I approach self-help material?
Good question.
Many ...
Maxim #25: Shift the Spotlight
I did a presentation to a company recently on "Communicating with Confidence". The most important tip to increase ...
Maxim #24: Take Off the Tool Belt
The phrase, "Take Off the Tool Belt" helped my wife and I move past several years of arguments and hurt ...
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