Leaders Face People’s Fear

It’s been said that courage is not the absence of fear, but acting in spite of the fear.  This being the week of Memorial Day, such words take on many different meanings. All weekend, perhaps because of the holiday, I’ve had the 70’s song from Paper Lace running...

The Sunlight Theory

Do you know how long it takes for sunlight to reach the planet Earth?  Even traveling at the remarkable speed of light, which is 186,000 miles per second,it takes more than 8 minutes from the time light is released from the sun’s surface to reach our humble planet,...

Every Business Problem is a People Problem

Technology, systems, processes, administration — they all go through people.And all people come with emotions, with baggage, with reactions and inconsistencies. Put simply, Business is People. Without people, there would be no business and no one for your...

The Problem With Sports Analogies

Aren’t sports analogies great? They’re always available–no matter what situation you find yourself in, there’s a sports analogy for that. Plus, even if you’re not a sports aficionado, you can usually follow along. And it’s true, they are...

Divine Dissatisfaction

Note to self: there is a certain beauty, a certain nobility, a certain…“something” in the Divine Dissatisfaction one can find in their work or life. In my striving for perfection and infallibility (is that just me?), it is all too easy to doubt myself when I...