Fall in Love With the Problem

Fall in Love With the Problem

Fall in love with problems first, then focus on solutions!    Too often, when I have a problem in life, I find myself looking for a solution as fast as possible. I’m a leader and a problem solver; it’s what I do at work and in my personal life. I’m...
Embrace the Good, Bad & In Between

Embrace the Good, Bad & In Between

Good days, bad days and in between days, you need them all to grow! Embrace them all; they’re all a part of the journey.    In my last blog, Life Is A Series of Calibrations, I talked about calibrating my golf swing, personal life and professional...
Life Is A Series of Calibrations

Life Is A Series of Calibrations

Calibrate your golf shot, business and life!    Recently, I’ve been taking some golf lessons. One reason is because I need them, and another is because my kids are older and going off to college. I have more free time without as many practices,...
All Gas, No Brakes

All Gas, No Brakes

“All gas, no breaks!” I love that phrase and what it represents: hammering all the time and always going forward. However, the truth is that we all need brakes. I need breaks, and I need to put them on for myself, and my team needs breaks from me...
Obsess Over the Process

Obsess Over the Process

Obsess over the process, not the outcome.    I recently listened to an interview with the actor Bryan Cranston, and he had some really interesting things to say about the early days in his career. Back then, when he would go to auditions, he would...
Natural Energy

Natural Energy

Get the right people on the bus and then get them in the right seats.     This is wisdom from Jim Collins, the author of Good to Great and Built to Last, two great business books I’ve read and taken notes from. There are a lot of principles...