I am a marathoner. I am a marathoner in the sense that I have run marathons in the past. My theory is that once you run a marathon you are forever a marathoner. The fact that I have not run one in a few years doesn’t really matter. Throughout all […]
Leadership
I love to talk. I enjoy talking so much that I have made a career around it. When I get going, I am like the Fed Ex Fast Talking Guy: However, there are times when words fail. When tragedy strikes. When the world stands still. When our beautiful language fails […]
I can’t say this enough: We are all 100% responsible for our actions. That’s it. Plain and simple. You are responsible for your mistakes. I am responsible for my shortcomings. No one else. When bad things start to happen in our lives, it is easy to point fingers and place blame on […]
I have been on the road facilitate team-building and leadership workshops this week, and I have challenged each group to do the same two things to become a better leader within the day. 1. Focus on a strength you do well and make a concerted effort to become better for […]
Friends. We all have them, but how did we become close to them in the first place? Proximity? I know that it is hard to have friends that live in China if you live in Oklahoma. Some of my best friends lived near me at some point in either high school […]
Twitter. It is huge. If you aren’t on Twitter you should be, it just may be taking over the world. The social media site is used as a marketing tool, to spread news, to entertain, and has even changed the world. Of all the things I like about Twitter (including […]