Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
You think you’re special, you do I can see it in your eyes I can see it when you laugh at me Look down on me and walk around on me This time I’ma let it all come out This time I’ma stand up and shout I’ma do things my way, it’s my way My...
Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
The headlines read “These are the worst of times” I do believe it’s true I feel so helpless like a boat against the tide I wish the summer winds could bring back paradise But I know, if the world turned upside down Baby, I know you’d always be...
Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
This past week, I flew for the first time since mask restrictions were lifted. I’d pretty much done away with a mask for the past month or so and was looking forward to moving fast through the airport without something restricting my breathing. It felt good. I...
Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
We’re on the final week of our series on being an OWNER, not a BLAMEr. This week: R: Resolve to Persevere. Plano, TX. April 8, 1956. 9PM. Harland Sanders is frustrated. He’s tired but can’t sleep. Cars, as he now admits, are a poor substitute for a hotel, but for...
Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
I consider myself an expert air traveler. Since 2004, I’ve traveled around 35 weeks each year (of course this ended in 2020 and is only now beginning to resume), mostly by air. I wasn’t born with this knowledge. It’s something you only learn first-hand. Here are my...
Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
In April of 2000, I landed the Most Boring Job on the Planet. My wife, who was active-duty Navy at the time, received word that she was accepted into an officer program and so we were relocating from West Tennessee to the Washington DC area. I put out some resumes...