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Conceptualizing “modeling” isn’t just about the act itself but the observance of others as well.  Set the bar for what’s important If you put off something you don’t enjoy, odds are others will follow suit. Others care about what you care about. If you don’t care about it, you won’t check on it. People willContinueContinue reading “Modeling Behavior and Integrity: Coaching, Mentoring, and Parenting”

After the 4th of July this year we took a new way home. In the past, the fireworks would end somewhere between 9:50-10:10pm and I wouldn’t get home till 11-11:30pm. With two small kids in the back, I was pretty frustrated by the end. Just sitting in traffic, breathing fumes, no one is moving, andContinueContinue reading “The fastest way home was in the complete opposite direction”

 Have you ever wished that you were more humble? I have. It’s not a pretty ending. I have a friend who wished for humility and soon after he got his car totaled, lost some things, and more bad things happened. His wife was understandably pretty upset with him as she relayed the story to me,ContinueContinue reading “Praying for humility”

I wrote this post last summer, but have been holding onto it. I finally am ready to hit publish. A couple years back I watched a travel channel/food network show one time with Canadian chefs who want to do fine dining and create an elaborate experience, but created a foie gras sandwich because that’s whatContinueContinue reading “Rollercoasters, Boredom, and Foie Gras Sandwiches”

I reread the post Your First Thought Is Rarely Your Best Thought: Lessons on Thinking by Farnam Street and, upon reflection, thought about Lincoln Murphy’s open complaint about how people are stealing his material (you can substitute “Lincoln Murphy” for just about anyone as ideas are stolen or “borrowed” all the time). Aside from the hucksters who doContinueContinue reading “Stealing ideas and original ideas”