Alaskan Cruise Vacation
I often include the following question as part of an introduction exercise with my students, “what was your favorite vacation and why?”...
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A Privileged Life
I have lived a privileged life. I did not fully realize what that meant until I was older. As my world continued to grow, I discovered...
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The Value of a Mentor
I have been blessed to have several mentors in my life, starting with my mother and father. They gave me the early path to follow and are...
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Ride of My Life
In 2002, I purchased my bike used from a friend who builds, fixes, and maintains bicycles. He got it from a mutual friend who upgraded to...
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A Burning Sensation
I look outside on a summer day, it looks like it is snowing? I look closer, those are not snowflakes falling from the sky, but what is...
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Goal!!!!!
On May 5, 2022, at 5:00 a.m. MST my head was screaming GOOOOOAAALLL!!! This was a phrase made famous by Andes Cantor the Argentinian...
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A Kinder Holiday
What do you need right now? This question was posed to me from my prompt book over the 2021 Holidays. The answer in my head was “A Kinder...
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MAKING MISTAKES
Growing up in my Farmington neighborhood, there was a memorable crossroads (as shown in the picture) on an alternate route to my...
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Forty- two
As I look back at my life, (I do every year around this time), I have much to celebrate. 1980 was a huge year for me. Two of the top 10...
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My love/hate relationship with snow
As a child I could not wait for the first snow, dancing in circles and jumping with excitement when it arrived in Michigan. My mother...
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WHERE CAN I FIND MORE TIME IN MY DAY? - Summer solstice
I get this question every time I facilitate a time management course. Let’s start by challenging the question and concept. Most every...
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BE AN INDIVIDUAL
My brother Kevin and sister Erin are my best friends (along with my wife Minnie). We were raised fairly, but not equally. I was the...
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What is Safe?
I am a person that is focused on security for my family and self. I am not a risk-taker. When we planned our trip to Central Mexico, I...
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THANKSGIVING AND TRADITIONS
I grew up in a suburban Detroit middle-class family. My parents were depression- era children. They were frugal spenders and voracious...
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Butterflies
It blows me away that in most surveys people have a higher fear of public speaking than of death. They would rather die that give a...
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HOW CAN I IMPROVE MY PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS?
A term I learned through my Social Styles certification by Tracom is called versatility. Versatility is our ability to modify our...
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5 ways to live more intentionally in 2020
As we head into the New Year, here are 5 ways to live more intentionally: 1: Plan your work and work your plan- a good friend of mine...
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Employee Appreciation Day- the art of Teamwork
In respect to Employee Appreciation Day on March 1st- I want to share with you a high of my career, Teamwork. I began my professional...
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The Change Dilemma
I do not like change! There are certain routines I started some 50 years ago: when I wake up, when I eat, when I work out, and going into...
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The Change Wave
I was standing on a West Coast Florida beach at sunrise, watching the waves roll in. As I waded into them, I felt powerful as they were...
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