One Step At A Time (Or: More Paddle Boards!)

One Step At A Time (Or: More Paddle Boards!)

Recently, I shared with you all my journey in making a pair of handmade paddle boards for my daughter and myself, including the remarkable effect that epoxy has on what was a hole in the wooden frame. Once the epoxy was on, the hole was non-existent; the hard shell...
Accountability vs. Compensation

Accountability vs. Compensation

“Positive accountability is easy,” he told me. “If they do what they commit to, they get rewarded. But,” he asked, “how do we use positive accountability when they miss the mark?” The short answer? Separate accountability from...
The Wisdom of Paddleboards

The Wisdom of Paddleboards

All too often, we don’t recognize the power of how our resources work together. A person we work with is often oversimplified as either ‘good or bad.’ But we forget what the correlation is between parts. What tools do they actually bring to the table? Their...
Our Feet Are Spreading

Our Feet Are Spreading

“Huh? I have no idea what you mean,” I replied when my wife shared that ‘our feet had spread.’ “During the pandemic,” she said. “Turns out that people the world ‘round are having a hard time fitting into their work shoes after 18 months of...
We Are Not Self-Made

We Are Not Self-Made

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. – Carl Sagan Our culture loves to worship the ‘self-made millionaire,’ the ‘self-made business leader,’ the person who pulled themselves up by their own...