I’ve never been comfortable with being called boss; I was raised to work hard, stay humble, fit in. “No one’s better than you, but you’re not better than anyone” Dad would say. It’s awkward for me to receive gifts, praise or birthday wishes. Recently, colleagues offered me birthday wishes. And they gave me a “shirt” …
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I hadn’t seen my father in almost 20 years. He reached out a week ago asking to see me on my birthday. “I don’t need this, my life is fine, I have nothing to gain” I said. But a friend offered me something to consider: “you have a gift to give that no one else …
Just hot double-nickels recently. 55. From 1967 to 2022 doesn’t seem like such a long stretch of time, until you think about it being the same as 1945 to 2000…then it hits you hard. So, 55 is a long time on the earth. 2,870 weeks. 20,090 days…even more so when I consider this photo from …
For the last decade or so, I’ve purchased Weathertech mats for my cars. Love them. Weathertech mats can just be hosed clean (that’s what they promise in their commercials and it’s pretty much true). But I was cleaning my mats a few weeks ago and it bothered me to no end that I couldn’t get …
Authentic does not mean perfect. I had dinner with a former colleague last week, a brilliant leader and someone that’s become a good friend. Later that night, he sent me this text. My response to him was “you seriously over value me”. He wasn’t saying I was perfect, just that I was always true to …