by Steven Fulmer | Aug 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
Leading change is like digging in dry sand. As soon as you pull out your shovel, the sides fall right back in. This thought hit me this year when digging in the sand at Cannon Beach with my daughter, Leah. We giggled as we’d dig a hole and the sand would fall back in...
by Steven Fulmer | Aug 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
If people would just stop pushing my buttons, everything would be great and I’d be an awesome guy. That’s the obvious solution, isn’t it? Other people changing for me? Unfortunately, there’s one problem with that ‘solution’: it’s...
by Steven Fulmer | Aug 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Here’s something to contemplate: People as Pendulums. They’re peculiar things, pendulums. They can’t change mid-swing. When you let one fly, it goes pretty much as far in the opposite direction as it started in the first. Equal and opposite extremes, one might...
by Steven Fulmer | Aug 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
As we entrench ourselves in the Olympics this week, it’s clear: everyone loves winning. The pride of being the best, of being able able to exclaim, “I’m a winner!” is exhilarating. And on the world stage, against the best of the best, OMG, that has got to be a...
by Steven Fulmer | Aug 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Let me ask you what I hope is an easy question: What do you do when a baby cries? Usually, you pick them up. Right? You don’t yell at it, ignore it, threaten it, demand it find a different way to communicate with you, or any other action that requires the baby...
by Steven Fulmer | Jul 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
Playing ‘hardball’ is tough, right? It’s supposed to be serious, difficult, dangerous and most definitely not for the weak of heart. “Hey! We play hardball here! Get used to it!!” Softball on the other hand–that’s supposed to be easier, gentler...
