Leadership

A few nights ago, I was in a group text with some of my best friends, guys that I have known for 35 years. These impromptu text sessions usually spring up over a sporting event or some other topic that gets someone’s attention and is considered worthy of comment or just an excuse to get a conversation going.

El Alamein is a small town in Egypt.  In 1942, it happened to be the location where a series of battles were waged between Allied and German forces.

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For those of you not familiar with cicadas, let me provide you with a brief introduction.

You have probably heard one or all these sayings before.  If you have, it is possible that you misunderstood the value in the message and wrote it off as something intended for a person who is selfish or disinterested in the world around them. 

I am a count up person. There are several reasons why I am, but I think it all started with Sesame Street. I always liked the Count. I still do, and he always counts up.

In his first speech as Prime Minister and on the threshold of possibly the most daunting task ever to be faced by a human being in the history of mankind, Winston Churchill famously noted that all he had to offer was “blood, toil, sweat, and tears.”

This is a question I find myself asking A LOT when I am trying to figure out why the traffic in front of me is not moving even though the light is green and the path is otherwise clear.

I am not much of a skier, which is why I should’ve known better than to ride to the top of a black diamond run.

Remember when you were kid and you were asked that question?  I do.  Today, it is just as exciting to hear someone ask one of my kids that same question.  There is just something about that question that lays the whole world at your feet and makes anything sound possible.