You Gotta Make Some Mistakes

You Gotta Make Some Mistakes

Recently my wife and I took our oldest son to his College orientation. I have to tell you the production put on by this University was absolutely spectacular and nothing like my college orientation almost 30 years ago.   After a brief welcome presentation for the...
5 Tips to Stay Focused Over the Summer

5 Tips to Stay Focused Over the Summer

Summer is officially here and with it comes drastically altered schedules, parties, barbecues, events and hopefully a vacation. It’s easy to understand why we all have a much harder time being focused on our work, when there is just so much happening outside the...
Oh the Places You’ll Go

Oh the Places You’ll Go

It’s graduation season once again and this year there is a bit of a twist because my oldest son Dylan is one of those graduates. All I can think is “How has this happened? I’m too young to have a high school graduate? What the heck is going on here?”   Those of...
Hug Someone You Care About Today

Hug Someone You Care About Today

Some friends of ours recently lost their 15 year-old son and our entire community grieves with them with broken hearts. There are no words to express the sadness that this family is experiencing and everyone is struggling to process this tragic news.   The only...
Who Supports You?

Who Supports You?

Jim Rohn once said “You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with.” Meaning that your overall success in business and in life will be greatly impacted by only 5 people.   Think about that for just a minute and ask yourself who are the 5 people...
Phone a Friend

Phone a Friend

A few days ago I was listening to a talk radio program that mentioned a service being offered in Japan that allows you to “rent a friend.” At first I thought it was a joke but as they continued to talk about it I found out that not only is this for real, but these...