What does it mean to be an intentional leader? Most articles would tell you it’s about aligning your inputs to the outputs you desire. Most articles give advice about modeling the behaviors we seek in others. Which is great! But my humble opinion is that most...
We All StruggleIn the summer if 1988, I had my first training rotation in the Mojave Desert at Fort Irwin, California; best known to soldiers as “NTC” or the National Training Center. Many soldiers have trained here to stimulate the harsh conditions of...
Students of Struggle- If we’re lucky, we’ll meet great people in our life who help us live up to our potential. Dr. Joe is one of those people for me. He’s also Chapter 7 in my book, The Gift of Struggle. I believe we often simply need an encouraging source of wisdom...
We all StruggleWe went on a family adventure to the tubing hills in Washington to end our holiday break. After several adrenaline induced runs, the line of people waiting for the conveyor belt to carry them up the left side of the hill got painfully long.To the...
We all StruggleI recently experienced a cool Dad moment. It was early morning before school and my 2 boys had just come downstairs after getting ready. I’m the breakfast guy, so I was prepping the mornings grub ready while Mom made lunch. For parents, this time of the...
We all Struggle A few years back, my oldest son, Santino, was skiing for the first time with me. He was 7 at the time. We had enrolled him in lessons and he was learning the fundamentals. It was time to get on the chair with Dad and have some real fun! When we load on...
