In an age where everyone is seeking followers, trusted advisors are even more valuable. Every day I get emails, audio CD’s, and free...

A mission statement is a statement of the purpose of a company, organization or person, its reason for existing. The mission statement...

Having written on the subject of setting goals and changing habits, I decided the best way for me to improve was to make sure I followed...

It’s January 3rd, and I am already re-doing most of my 2013 goals. Not all of them but enough to make we wonder, “What was I thinking?”...

My son is engaged, the world seems dis-engaged, Israel and Hamas are too engaged and we send diplomats to “engage” in diplomacy. And my...

a SMART blog on goals and applications. CRASH Leadership “Our goal with the redesign was simple: make all major functions accessible...

Why I’m Grieving Election Day.

How did it get so big? A wonderful Methodist minister, John Ed Mathison, gave me the answer. They refused to hold any program funerals....

1)      Have you identified your EMT, emergency management team? Who will be on it and who will be responsible for which actions? 2)     ...

In teaching a course on entrepreneurship and creating a business plan, some “flip thinking” happened. In the discussion of ,”Who is your...

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Even in his passing, he inspired me. Having a mountain bike accident at 79 is pretty neat. I hope to be on a bike at 79 up in the Wasatch...

Brian Tracy has a great audio tape entitled Resilience. He describes resiliency as the ability to bounce up from whatever knocks you....

Are you going to the time management workshop today? Where is George Carlin when you need him? I found myself thinking, “I don’t have...

In Alabama, a state with a heritage in farming, $11 billion is spent on food and  $6.5 billion is spent in the households. Yet less than...

My last marathon in the water with George S. Business and running go hand in hand to me. In fact my first run, the Boston Marathon, came...

Patrick Lencioni in his classic, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, points out that great teams  argue. My family is always arguing over...

Follow me on this: Houses have never appreciated, they have inflated. When you sell your house, try buying a nicer house for the same...

And I am smiling. Seriously. Laughing at your failures, mistakes, and uh-ohs is a great way to maintain a proper perspective and keep...

My wife  had the opposite day. She was attacked by a person for no good reason when she delivered information as a voluntary committee...