We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations. Charles Swindell What happens when our creative energies go “un” or [...]
THRASH/THraSH/verb: Struggle in a wild or desperate way to do something. Ex. “two months of thrashing around on my own have produced nothing” The day sits before you and you find [...]
Today is December 29, 2019. Another day. Another year. The ending of our calendar year has always held a special magic for me. Though we still count hours, minutes, and seconds in the same way, [...]
Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;I have called you by name: you are mine. Isiah 43:1 In a break in the rain, we put our backpacks in the trunk and climbed into the taxi. Standing in the [...]
Who among you feels that disagreements can only be resolved when one party acknowledges that the other is right? That was me in the early days of my marriage. Ah, the black and white clarity of [...]
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. Albert Einstein Large and strikingly bright yellow, the caterpillar made its way up the leg of the table just outside [...]
Who you are speaks so loudly I can’t hear what you’re saying. Ralph Waldo Emerson Not so long ago, I asked one of our employees about her week-end. She said, “I met a guy who [...]
Almost ten years ago, my wife's father died in a tragic accident. A month or two after it happened, she ran into an acquaintance from our church and school. As they were catching up on things, my [...]
Apple launched the ad above in 1997 after the return of Steve Jobs and as part of its “Think Different” campaign. The ad was massively successful and is considered iconic. A Steve Jobs narrated [...]
This week, a Harvard Business Review post caught my eye. The post was entitled: Most Leaders Know Their Strengths – but Are Oblivious to Their Weaknesses. In it, the authors make the point [...]
