We can work around a lot of things, and still make it work, can’t we? This week a friend and I caught ourselves laughing at how much bad behavior around …
Illusions
Beautiful in its red plumage, unaware. We watched in shock as it moved from the magnolia tree and flew straight towards the window. With certainty, it used its beak to …
Polished
A few years ago, my dad’s sister sent him a trophy their father had earned in 1929. It was deeply tarnished. The black layer had crept like lichen over every …
Not all goals are created equal
When it comes to goals, there are two types. Mastery goals: The focus is learning and improving. They are characterized by an attitude of growth, abundance, curiosity. Performance goals: The …
You’ll figure it out
What if you trusted that you will figure it out? Instead of worrying that you won’t? Instead of trying to leapfrog into the future to create certainty and control, you …
Go get ’em
Every day, he’d say it. My dad’s voice as I stepped out the door, “Got get ’em, Aim.” And, it would focus me on the energy with which I’d move …