Four Friends

Four Friends

On a recent episode of Survivor, a contestant commented about how he only had four friends in High School. Another contestant replied, “Wow, you had four friends in high school.” The second contestant was a former speechwriter for the Obama administration. It told me...
Hopelessly Devoted

Hopelessly Devoted

The movie Grease is known to everyone in Generation X. If you are a Baby Boomer, think West Side Story; if you are a Millennial, think High School Musical. If you are into Shakespeare, think of Romeo and Juliet. They all have the same plot but with different songs and...
Self Help

Self Help

The other day, I listened to somebody explain how they invested in themselves by continuing to challenge themselves to learn and improve their leadership skills.  If you are a business person, your craft is that of a leader. The talk could best be summed up by saying...
Do Your Job

Do Your Job

Earlier this summer, my wife and I decided to take our love for pickleball to the next level by entering a local tournament.  Although we play a lot of pickleball, we had never participated in a competitive event like this before. When we arrived, the person checking...
Anxious Generation

Anxious Generation

Occasionally, my blog is a book recommendation. I recently read Jonathan Haidt’s book The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness. It is a powerful book. I struggled to put it down. Haidt is a professor at...
Wordle-Shape

Wordle-Shape

Nearly every day, I do the Wordle™ puzzle. I tried to quit once, but my wife, Sue, and our daughter, Sara, told me I had to stay in the group. Each day, after we complete the puzzle, we text our results to each other. I don’t know why this is a thing, but it is....