Cornerstone Moments

Why do some people seem to learn things quickly while others do not?  Is it always a matter of intelligence?  Not likely.  There are plenty of equally smart people who learn at different rates.  I have a new friend who amazed me at how smart she was but how little she...

  Airplanes with one wing fly like pigs fly.  Do I need to explain that further? I know that I am technically incorrect when I write this, but the idea is that planes must have wings that span both sides of the cabin. My beloved friend and hero, Alana Nichols is...

I believed that philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was right, even before reading about the scientific evidence. He said what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger – and it seems that scientists have found that although traumatic experiences such as losing a loved one can...

“If you don’t know where you are going, you can never be lost.” – Brian Mitchell, Inspired Selling I have often had fun using this statement to talk about planning. Technically, I believe this sentence is contradictory, and that is part of why it is also a bit...

 “The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.”  ― Mark Cain Being good in a job has a great deal to do with the environment in which you are working. You could argue that moving backward...

Fires are blazing in the western part of the U.S.  With the hot, arid and often windy weather, the chance of a spark becoming an out of control wildfire increases dramatically. Fire bans, education, bulletins and weather alerts are very prevalent, but these raging...

I am a native Vermonter and my favorite baseball team when I left Vermont and moved to Colorado 13 years ago was the Boston Red Sox.  The past several years, the Red Sox, formerly often referred to as the Red Flops have become a very consistently winning club and in...

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...

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...

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...