Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
I’ve been a music lover as long as I can remember. When I was 11, my parents got me a red tape recorder that would record on cassettes. It also played the radio. I remember making mix tapes even back then as I waited patiently for my favorite songs to come on so I...
Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
I don’t consider myself a stubborn person, but I don’t like to be told what to do, or what I can’t do. I complied when I had to while in the Navy, but once I got out, it was a little harder. When I started my business, I made up for my lack of experience with...
Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
The man I called “Grandpa” was in fact, not my blood grandpa. My grandmother on my mom’s side divorced her first husband and later married her second, Henry Stanczyk. I only met my “real” grandfather on my mom’s side once when I was around seven years old. My dad’s...
Personal Mastery, Professional Development
When Barb and I got married in May of 1992, we didn’t have a lot of time to celebrate. We had to drive from Tennessee back to California quickly but managed to take some time along the way to do some sightseeing. One of our stops was to the Gateway Arch in St. Louis....
Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
Last week while driving into work, I experienced a familiar situation. My drive takes me along Hwy 235, a two-lane road that cuts across farmland and the Dickson County airport. It’s bisected by smaller country roads. As I cruised along a full 20 miles over the 50...
Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
On the morning of December 5, 1983, I woke up in my childhood bedroom in Santa Ana, California. 24 hours later, I awoke to bright lights, shouting, and the sound of a galvanized steel garbage can crashing against the floor. Life for me changed overnight. I was now...
