Sandy Duncan and the Glass Eye

Personal Mastery, Professional Development

The other night before I went to bed I was scrolling through my Facebook feed when I saw a post from a group called Do You Remember? You’ve probably seen them on your feed too. They show pictures from old TV shows and old products and TV commercials and then you get a...

Take a Clinical Look

Personal Mastery, Professional Development

Last Friday morning I had my right shoulder repaired. There was a lot of damaged cartilage and a lightly torn rotator cuff. I did the left shoulder about six months ago and that one was a lot worse. The rotator cuff was completely torn. It’s all due to wear and tear,...

Deconstruct to Reconstruct

Professional Development

As you probably remember, I’ve been spending a lot of time on my new hobby, which is sculpting. I’ve never done it before, but I took a class on Thursday nights and thoroughly enjoyed it. My first project was a rack of ribs that I sculpted on a little cutting board....

Mid-Week with Mack (Part 2)

Professional Development

Hey, I know it was just a couple of days ago. I reached out to you, but I wanted to just check in one more time. If you didn’t read my last email, go ahead and click here and you can read it on the website and then please, if you like what you read at the bottom and...

Mid-Week with Mack (Part 1)

Professional Development

Are you wondering where the Mid-Week with Mack emails have gone? (If you miss them and RIGHT NOW know that you want to get them again, just click HERE.) I stopped writing them. When I started doing my blogs back in 2008 (I’ve been writing a weekly blog since then),...

Embracing Artificial Intelligence: Why AI is a Legitimate Tool for the Future

Professional Development

In today’s technologically advanced world, artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming various industries and aspects of our lives. From healthcare to finance, AI is proving to be a powerful tool with the potential to revolutionize how we work and live....

“There’s More to Being King…”

Get Better, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Professional Development

A couple of weeks ago, I drove out to Dallas to spend the weekend with our daughter Allison Munro who just started her new job at Southwest Airlines. I’ve been a loyal Southwest passenger since 2002 so when my daughter landed a job there, I was ecstatic. On Saturday,...

You Gotta Make Big Changes

Get Better, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Professional Development

WATCH this post HERE!   In 2007, I challenged myself to run a marathon.  I had been a runner most of my Navy career (and even then, was already feeling the gnawing pain in my hips that later led to their complete replacement) but this was different. My wife who...

The Problem with Platitudes

Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Growth, Motivation

I live down in the South.  Some parts are still referred to as the “Bible Belt,” but where I live that mostly means old churches on nearly every corner of small towns and cities. Most of them have little message boards with service times, but a few regularly post...

Be the Buzzword

Get Better, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Professional Development

The other day, I saw a LinkedIn connection mention that she had been “coined.” Now if you’re not familiar with this practice, it began probably in the early 2000s with the military.  I had already retired by then, but my wife began bringing home command coins, small...