One of those Leadership 360 things we took when I was assigned to the Leadership Department at Air Command and Staff College revealed at least one person valued my tenacity — that no matter what the negative obstacles I would never, ever give up. Reading that meant a lot to … Continue reading →
I have always valued stability. This makes me a very poor candidate for entrepreneurial endeavors. Now that I’m retired (and until the US Government doesn’t honor it’s financial commitments anymore), I have reasonable financial stability. That means I can focus on less stable prospects. The first is focusing on writing … Continue reading →
Yup. I’m gone.
Continue reading →This post brought to you by @ToriDeaux on Twitter, who likely has no idea I’m crediting her with it. She has done a number of tweets about Quirky Business (which I confess to not really understanding the context for), but the term stuck in my mind, so I thought I’d … Continue reading →
Welcome to another month of the Merry-Go-Round Blog tour. Who has influenced you in your life’s work? Who would you like to be compared to? That’s the prompt for this month. I don’t necessarily think they are the same. My mother read to me as a toddler. She read to … Continue reading →
No. I don’t have any advice. I have plenty of opinions, but since I chose not to be involved in parenting more than cats, dogs, and rare assorted other mammals, I have no credibility, so you probably aren’t interested in my opinions (not that that keeps me from offering them … Continue reading →
Opportunity is an interesting thing. For some people, opportunity is never there for them. For others, it’s as if opportunity is always there with open arms. What accounts for the disparity? I believe several factors influence the availability of opportunity. The most key is having the ability to recognize opportunity … Continue reading →
We think we know what normal is — some idealized notion of the way life should be. In reality, normal is different for everyone. Normal is what your life is where it’s at in the moment. In the mid-80s, “normal” for me consisted of coming home from work to a … Continue reading →
And how amusing that I don’t seem to have much at all today. In fact, this is one of those days when I think I’d be better off crawling in a box and never coming out. Please tell me I’m not the only person this happens to (unless, of course, … Continue reading →
Leadership. Such a lofty term. Such a day-to-day in-the-dirt operation. We tend to think of leaders as lofty beings. People beyond our reach doing great things. But, in reality, leaders are you and you and you and, yes, even you. You may be a good example of a leader or … Continue reading →