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here, nestled in the foreign embrace of these airport chairs, I understand loneliness hours from home, from a friend the sparse group of travelers only heighten my building isolation a silent [...]

You’ve seen a thousand blooms sprinkled life on many colors dented and worn your capacity to give remains undiminished You’ve traveled the world witnessed the seasons changing [...]

Inspiration comes from the most improbable sources. Yesterday, I spent a few hours cleaning drains around the house. Not my favorite task but ultimately satisfying. In a house with three [...]

As my kids get older and begin to transition to their life of independence, I’ve noticed a curious phenomenon. For my two in college, they leave for school in the fall and for five months, [...]

During 12 years of coaching youth sports, I discovered that complexity was the enemy and it was almost always the most basic fundamentals that made the biggest difference. As a coach, manager, [...]

People as Dogs? This week, a friend introduced me to some thoughts outlined in a book entitled “$ales Dogs”.  It is an interesting concept: when building a sales team, the manager [...]

n 1996, I was hired to build a branch office for a technology consulting firm in Indianapolis.  My role included hiring the local team as well as developing new business.  At 27, I was young, [...]

I recently watched as an organization that I support made some tough personnel decisions. As I watched the process unfold, I was struck by the courage and will it takes to make such difficult [...]

The possibilities accelerate Like lights streaking at high speed I’m behind the wheel But not in the driver’s seat Playing the part in some bigger conversation A passenger in a [...]

The world is changing a condition that’s never changed though I feel it distinctly this new place where the old hopes no longer apply people, places, things, shifting morphing toward a [...]