Impending Doom

You know it’s coming, and you can’t stop it. Of course, you’re not looking forward to it, but it’s more than an abstract discomfort because you’ve been here before. You’ve already walked this road. You’ve been to this...

Truth and Consensus

Consensus is the best approach for many decisions. How will we govern ourselves?What are our rules of engagement?How do we want to spend our resources?What is the wording we should use in our statement of faith? Consensus is malleable, adaptable, and follows directly...

The Vessel and the Hands

Have you ever had a moment where sitting, observing, or simply taking a large cleansing breath led to an overwhelming sense of contentment? Sometimes we need to be the vessel. Have you ever had a moment where grinding, sweating, and never giving up led to an...

Becoming the Cliche

I need Dr. Rick. According to my adult children, Progressive Insurance bases the entire Dr. Rick series on me. They just assume a reality TV film crew follows me around all day to source the material for the next barely-fictionalized Dr. Rick insurance...

The Breadcrumbs of Success

One thing I’ve learned from over fifty years on this earth is that the path to success is littered with breadcrumbs.   A bajillion books, online courses, and coaches exist to help you and me figure out how to follow those breadcrumbs. Lots of people...

Yard Signs

It’s obviously campaign season. One knows this because the yard signs are everywhere. Most times, the purpose of advertising is an overt, clear, transactional call to action — buy this, travel here, hire me. But the purpose of political yard signs is more...

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