A Syllabus for Work

With school about to begin, many students will get a syllabus laying out what they’ll need to do in each class to make the grade. It’s a great opportunity to reassess and set new goals. All of us in the workforce could benefit from the same approach. Let me encourage you to take a breath, pause, and reset at work.

Get Wisdom

We all need wisdom: at work, at home, and everywhere else. But how good are you at finding it? To give you a few extra options, let me introduce you to three sources who have taught me a lot this year: 1) My great friend, Jonathan Steenland, founding partner of...

‘Dada, Wake Up’

I hear these words, “Dada, wake up,” every single day. They ring so loud that they literally take my breath away. It typically happens at the table or the den floor, and sometimes even by my son’s crib. These three words don’t echo loudly because my...

Waiting for God’s Best

We are not good at waiting. We like the fast-lane, microwave ovens, and credit cards. We want it all and we want it NOW. When things don’t happen when we want them to happen, we often worry, stress and do all we can to make it happen. I often see this when I talk to...