"If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time."

--Zig Ziglar

Every year on December 1st, I take the month to go through my journal to review and reflect on the past year.   I am astonished at how much I have learned. I'm also...

"Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action."

--Peter Drucker

The leadership Law of Reflection says "Experience is not the best teacher; evaluated experience is the...

“Gratefulness for what is there is one of the most powerful tools for creating what is not yet there. What does gratefulness mean? It means you appreciate what is. You value, you give attention to, you honor whatever is here at this...

"Happiness is there for the taking and for the making. "

---Oprah Winfrey

I turned the key in my ignition to go to the gym this morning and immediately heard Christmas music. I changed the radio channel a few times and those happy, jolly,...

Leadership Seeds

"Being a great place to work is the difference between being a good company and a great company."

― Brian Kristofek

As leaders we have a responsibility to make our environment one that is conducive to success. We must create a...

In my travels this week, I have learned that many of us are not totally experiencing the freedom that we desire.  We're walking around happily on the outside, but dragging an invisible Ball And Chain (BAC) that is holding us back. Whatever is...

"When you let go, you create space for something better.” 
--Anonymous

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   I love fall. It's one of the most beautiful and mysterious seasons. We can look at the exact same kind of trees all in a row and some of the leaves have turned and...

I was reading about Solomon in the Bible book of Ecclesiastes.  He was one of the wealthiest kings in ancient times and he was considered brilliant intellectually. Solomon could buy anything he wanted. He was world famous for his success and...

Epiphany--an illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosure, better known as a flat-forehead moment.

Two Sundays ago, we left for vacation. We planned to tent camp the for 3 days and then go on to Bend to visit the grandkids. We hadn't...

Badger Mountain is not Mount Everest,  but I get some of my best ideas and hardest workouts hiking there.  When the gym closed during the COVID quarantine, I worked out at home for awhile. But Walmart...

"Nothing will cause more anxiety than trying to control that which we can't."

--John Maxwell

When we sold our home in Grandview mid-July of 2019, we had the hardest time finding a home in Tri-Cities that we liked, in the price range that we...

"Surround yourself with people who are only going to lift you higher and urge you forward."

--Me

There's something about walking through a forest that is so peaceful, calming and serene. I get energized, yet calmed to be outside of the...

I love spending time with my adult kids. Both my son and my daughter have this "nothing is impossible attitude." If I am wondering if I can do a thing, they are the first to give me that "are you kidding me?" look followed with, "Of course, you...

"You've got to make your own kind of music, sing your own special song, make your own kind of music, even if nobody else sings along."

--Cass Elliott

Niccolò Paganini was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was...

"I'd rather hide under the bed, in the closet, or better yet, take me to Eva's."  --Truffle

 

My dog, Truffle, is at Eva's. It's her favorite place besides home. I took her there because of the Water Follies in Tri-Cities this weekend. As...

I was teaching a workshop Friday morning on Leadership, which included the topics of priorities, self-discipline and creative problem solving. 

In the problem solving section, I mentioned that we usually look at problems as negative...