The difference from one year to the next is pretty obvious when you have the back story. Years of talking about or planning change does nothing positive for anyone. Change from the middle of an organization can do a lot, but ultimately the change must come from the top or all effort eventually fizzles out. Change isn’t change until it is change.
It isn’t uncommon for us to want our children’s behavior to change. Unfortunately, it’s also not uncommon for us to model the wrong behavior.
I frequently wish I had the temperament for natural science. For as long as memory serves, natural wonders have fascinated and drawn me. Last night, my wife grabbed me to come out on our deck and watch a distant storm cloud. The rest of the dusk sky was perfectly clear so the enormous, anvil shaped…
(Shrek) Ogres are like… onions. (Donkey) (sniff) They stink? (Shrek) Yes… No! (Donkey) Oh, they make you cry. (Shrek) No! (Donkey) Oh, you leave ‘em out in the sun and they get all brown and start sprouting little white heads. (Shrek) No! Layers! Onions have layers. Ogres have layers. Onions have layers. You get it?…
I love solving problems. I especially love the rush from helping someone else get to the bottom of something bothering them. Is it any wonder I shape my life to have the privilege and trust of great people, looking for answers? Raphael sent in a question that says, “I go to bed late every night…
"A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book." ~Irish Proverb Life often draws a thin, almost invisible line to distinguish human behavior. A healthy sense of dedication is only a slight shift from obsession. Envy is only a degree darker than admiration. The same principle applies itself repeatedly…
Last night, in Springfield, MO, a city councilman handed in his unexpected resignation because he wasn’t elected the mayor pro tem. Not only was the loss an issue for him, but in a statement to reporters he expressed that he could not believe that he received fewer votes than the two running against him because……
