What Do You Want?

You need to know this fact:  You need to know where you are and who you are today before you can determine what you need to do to get to who you want to be and where you want to go tomorrow. One of my favorite singer-songwriters is Leon Russell.  Leon sadly died last...

Who Did You Bet On?

The second in the series of blogs regarding John Maxwell’s book The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth. Last Saturday was the running of the 144th Kentucky Derby.  If you are even a casual gambler, you likely put some money on at least one horse in that race.  If not, you...

Improvement Is Not Automatic

I am embarking on a series of blogs that will be inspired by the writing of my mentor John Maxwell coupled with my own life experiences.  I need a growth spurt so have decided to commit to a 15-blog series where I will write a commentary on John’s book The 15...

Road Trip

         Life provides many opportunities for road trips!  Trips can be taken on land, on water, in the air or just in our minds.  They can take us to faraway places, on new adventures or relive areas that we have already been, even when we remain at home. Road trips...

Seldom Is Heard

Last weekend while driving down I25 from my home near Denver, Colorado to Albuquerque, New Mexico I returned in time to when I was in the first grade.  That was a very long time ago!  I lived in a tiny Vermont town and attended a one classroom schoolhouse.  It was...

Cinderelli, Cinderelli!

As I looked out my office window early this morning, I saw a beautiful, thick blanket of white spring snow on the trees and ground.  It reminded me of the overlapping of seasons that occur this time of year.  Winter and spring are overlapping.  Hockey and baseball...