I was drafted by the Minnesota Twins right out of college, but when they released me a year later I had to figure out what my next steps would be career-wise. My parents were both high school teachers and I knew I didn’t want to follow in their footsteps. I identified three items for the career I wanted: –Be my own… Read more →
For the third year in a row, I am reading The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman. I love this book and its daily messages. It turns out that Emperor Marcus Aurelius could have started my LIFEies back in the early Roman days. I copied a page from the book below for you to enjoy. If you want a… Read more →
It is May, and wow, what a crazy first five months of the year. I have been spending a lot of time thinking about how I am going to make 2020, not the year of COVID-19 but MY year. A great year for me and my family. We got to spend much of this year with our kids (and a spouse). … Read more →
Interruptions and distractions. They happen. Just ask any parent/leader/manager. Distractions stop us in our tracks, halting any progress and luring us away from growth. There’s a lot in our connected world waiting to distract us. Some of it is helpful, educational, and entertaining. But the bulk of it is not. Some is even harmful. In the article below, Mark Manson… Read more →
There are some areas of my life where I have tremendous self control — like waking up to hike every morning at 4:00 am or earlier (for over 25 years). But then there are other areas where I fail completely, like passing up a cookie (or five). Self-control is your ability to resolve conflicts between your short-term desires and your long-term… Read more →