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Know Your WHO: charity water
I attended BIG KC, a two-and-a-half day event that aims to inspire, educate and celebrate the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the heart of the Midwest. Produced by Silicon Prairie News, the conference...
View ArticleThe Voice in Your Ear
Today, I took my mom for physical therapy following her knee replacement. We were in the waiting room when I noticed to a son and his mother making their way into the facility. The mother had obviously...
View ArticleYour Not Picasso: Just Get It Done
My Dad and I used to paint houses when I was in high school and college. As a high school teacher and football coach, his summers were free – and we painted in the summer for years. He still gets...
View ArticleYou Need A Team
To build something truly remarkable you need a team. Alone doesn’t work. Think about it… The best house. The best business. The best marriage. Trying to go it alone is not only no fun. It’s also...
View ArticleThe Power of 100 People
It’s true: you really don’t need 10,000 or 1 million people to start. You just need 100. 100 passionate followers. In fact, you could start with 10, running for the first 100. Think about it, you know...
View ArticleThe Kid Behind the Counter
On the way to a meeting I stopped by a local gas station to fill up and snag a drink. Sam, the kid behind the counter, was probably 10 or 11 years old working with his dad. Sam’s dad was coaching him...
View ArticleI’m Not A Peacemaker
There are days I wish I were a peacemaker. There are days when I manage to make peace. Most days I am ready for battle at a moments notice, it’s right under the surface and in so many ways it’s my...
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Give A Little, Take a Little
Weddings are fun, such possibility. Such hope, so much promise an inspired life. That’s the easy part. A long happy marriage isn’t easy. It seems to be a rarity these days. This past week I attended...
View ArticleAll You Have is Your Word: Fatherly Advice to Follow
In my family growing up, you would hear this phrase often; “All you have is your word” It wasn’t used as some line in a movie or for emphasis on some lecture we were getting, it was a true expectation...
View ArticleLittle Brothers, Family Ties, Fear and Making the Most of Today
Family bonds are some of the strongest many of us will experience. Brothers and sisters, mothers and sons, husbands and wives, you name it. Families can be our greatest source of strength or one of...
View ArticleThe Pain is in the Wrong Place
Why is it the best lessons have some modicum of “pain” associated with them? When I was growing up my dad would routinely give me this message, and educate me on its merits. Here’s an example: I had...
View ArticleThe Pain is in the Wrong Place (#2)
A good friend challenged me after the earlier post commenting that; “I didn’t quite make good” on my title and teaching on how to apply the content of “The Pain is in the Wrong Place” post. I like a...
View ArticleOn Surviving Divorce “Successfully”
I often get asked, “How did you survive your divorce? You seem to really be happy now.” One friend even confided in me years after my divorce, “I like you a lot more now.” The answer is pretty simple:...
View ArticleThe Cost of Doing Nothing is Too High (part 1)
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. – Burke Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing. – Aristotle I love...
View ArticleThe Cost of Doing Nothing is Too High (part 2)
Too many of us are working to check things off a list, working so we can get back to wasting time. Wasting time doing something meaningless is still doing nothing; it just has a different flavor. But...
View ArticleLiving Ahead Means Losing Today
When I was 25 years old, I was living more like how 45 year olds might live. Brand new big house in the ‘burbs, two fancy cars in the drive, great job, married to my high school gal. I even dressed...
View ArticleAn Army Major and a French Civilian Changing Afghanistan Through Relationships
As I sat and listened to them sharing stories, remembering their time together in Afghanistan, it was like I could see the country through their tales of great people, challenges and the personalities...
View ArticleWhat Will Be Different Next Year
The books you read. The people you meet. And the places you go. What are you going to start right now to make this year different from last? What are you going to read, who are you going to open...
View ArticleTough Conversations
Avoiding tough conversations can keep you from growing. It’s no surprise that most of us avoid tough conversations. They hurt. There is the potential for lasting effects. So we just put it off. Here’s...
View ArticleBuilding a Business You Love
If you own your own business or run a nonprofit, you may love what you do. Love is blinding. It will make you do crazy things. When you start a business you love, you are going to need people around...
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