Share Your Gifts!
Finding your gifts and passions in life can be difficult. It could, and often does, take years of impatience, trial and error. Once you find those gifts, the greatest gift…
Old Greek Proverbs
There’s an ancient Greek Proverb that I was reminded of this weekend. “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”…
What do you see when you close your eyes?
I heard this question asked during a public speaking exercise the other day. It got me thinking rather deeply. What do YOU see? More importantly, WHO do you see? The…
Open letter to my Sailors
I've been in a quite a few discussions lately with transitioning military members. These conversations are nothing new, and in fact need to happen. One thing I noted is the…
Parenting is simple
I’ve got this nailed down; no sweat! If you believe that one, have I got a deal for you on a small island in the Galapagos. Parenting is hard, to…
Why are you using that tool?
There are, quite literally thousands of tools at your disposal to use to better yourself as a leader, as a person, as a parent, and every other subject in between.…
Best Christmas Ever! Giving is receiving.
Let's not lie to each other; receiving gifts is FUN! This Christmas, on the surface, most would say I didn't receive much. In fact, the George Washington socks you see…
Happy Memorial Day?
Lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of social media traffic dedicated to the definition of Memorial Day. Most of them kind of go like this: Armed Forces Day =…
Why should you vote in local elections?
I think we can all agree on one thing; this Presidential election cycle has been nuts, and it doesn’t look like the crazy train is going to stop anytime soon.…
What Is Leadership?
What an enormous question! I was asked this today, and it literally brought me to a stop. I mean, I KNOW what I believe leadership is, but HOW do…