One of my favorite quotes is: “We don’t see things as they are. We see things as WE are.” I often use this quote in my presentations on leadership and purpose. I think it is one of those quotes we should always remember because things are not always as they seem to us. Have you ever gotten […]
Earlier this week I ran out to get food for a meeting at my office. I needed four drinks and of course they were out of the drink holders so they tried to pack them tight in the bag. As I drove away I held on to the bag with one arm and drove with the other […]
Have you ever had an off day? You know, one of those days that you just could not get going? You were not productive. You questioned your purpose in life. Have you ever just felt like a total disgrace? I have felt that way before. A few months ago, I spoke to a group and […]
One of the greatest tragedies in our society is the fear of making mistakes. Nothing is wrong or bad in making them whether it be for lack of knowledge, lack of experience or even at times lack of judgment. They are simply steps in our normal learning process. If we condemn error, we must also […]
There is something that has really been bothering me lately. It has caused me to spend a lot of time reflecting on my own leadership. It is a simple question that I continue to ask myself: Am I a Servant Leader? Or am I just Self-Serving? Servant Leadership is a great idea. I have spent […]
I hate excuses. I think we all do, at least when we’re on the receiving end of one. Sometimes an excuse is legitimate, but far more often than not an excuse is an attempt to avoid responsibility. This of course tends to happen a lot when something has gone wrong. We don’t want excuses in […]
My Facebook news feed is filled with posts and photos of children going back to school. In Texas, today seems to be the day when most public schools head back to the classrooms. Seeing all the hype got me thinking about why we put so much attention to going back to school, when we really […]
My birthday was on July 24th and I turned 30. My wife and I planned this big happy hour to celebrate. The only thing I really wanted for my birthday was to bring a bunch of people I knew together and let them connect with each other. The happy hour was on a roof top […]
I started a business in my last semester of college and although we have been pretty successful there really has only been one constant since the very beginning: Mistakes. Mistakes are learning experiences that help build us into more effective leaders. We all have to learn from our own mistakes, but hopefully through this post […]
Failure is an interesting issue to write about and for some it is almost impossible. In sports sometimes you hear the phrase, “failure is not an option” used. I have learned that failure is indeed an option. In fact, failure is a constant. We are all going to fail, over and over again. It is […]
