Cornerstone Moments

2018 has begun with significant disruptions!  Temperatures reached around -50 wind chills in Vermont.  Boston was frozen solid and is cleaning up from cyclone winds, and high tides that were flooding and freezing everything in the path. The mid-Atlantic states...

Having a great 2018 will be easier said than done.  Of course, you all know that.  Knowing what you want and perhaps how much you want and when you want it can help.  If you can’t answer those questions, how great your year will be will be a matter of opinion and...

In a recent reflection on the year past and the year to come, I had the thought of the week between Christmas and New Years as Tweener Week.   To me, it feels like it is no longer 2017 and yet 2018 has not yet arrived.  Schools are out; business is generally slow...

Christmas means different things to different people.  A Toyota commercial declares that Christmas is all about family.  Santa is prevalent on Christmas these days, as is Mrs. Claus and Santa’s Elves. Partying is a considerable portion of the Christmas celebration. ...

It’s the hustle and bustle time of year again!  Football, basketball and hockey games, shopping, cards, parties, decorating, concerts, travel and end-of-year business deals coming at most of us like the driving snow during a New England Nor’easter!  All this activity...

Most of the blogs that I write come from inspiration that was a result of a situation, event, speaker, movie, writer or a conversation that I had. Two of my favorite and most influential men inspired this blog.  John Maxwell, 70 and Shane Farmer, 36 are those two...

I recently listened to a John Maxwell "Minute with Maxwell" that started me thinking about this blog.  John's word was "tactical, " and he finished his minute by asking his audience what we thought the word tactical means.  After reviewing more than 50 responses to...

It may not make sense to tell you that you must be a good follower to be a good leader, but it is true.  Until I became self-confident enough to become a good follower, my “leadership” skills suffered terribly and unfortunately so did those whom I was "leading." My...

I recently heard the phrase ‘All is well that ends well’ and it finally got my attention. I’ve heard it many times previously and my reaction has typically been ‘Wah, wah, wah, wah!’ This time it is different. As someone who does a great deal of planning this concept...

Have you ever heard that every time something is gained something is also lost? That seems to be one of those interesting ‘head-scratchers.’ It almost makes it sound as if you are doing something wrong when you gain something. I have given this concept some thought,...