Urgent, Necessary and Never
How’s it going with your New Year’s Resolution(s)? Did you make one or more for 2016? If you did, is that aspiration still active in your life, or have you already relegated it to the dustbin of best intentions? If you are still struggling to “make the time” to work on it, and since we […]
Fourth Quarter
That’s when the effort matters most in football. Playing with intensity throughout a game is always important, but it’s how you finish that will be remembered. The highlight reels don’t mean much unless those spectacular moments result in a win for the team. American football is tough business, even brutal. The game is intense, hard-hitting […]
210-Year-Old Lesson
Photo Credit: Wikipedia In October of 1805, British Admiral Horatio Nelson faced a daunting threat in an effort to defend the British Isles from a Franco-German armada focused on defeating his lesser force and opening the way for an invasion of Britain. Nelson had 19 ships against the enemy’s 33. The Battle of Trafalgar loomed… […]
26 Strong
Last week I had the distinct pleasure of watching the U.S. Air Force’s twenty six newly-minted pilots receive their wings, upon completion of a grueling pilot training program that has spanned more than a year “at the edge of America” (Laughlin AFB, Texas). This was the capstone training for a journey for each of them […]
At The Summit
It is such a glorious moment when you make it to the top! The ascent can be literal, as in climbing a mountain, but it can also be figurative in many aspects of life and business. Whatever the pursuit, climbing is hard work; not only do you need to move steadily and maintain your footing, […]
Next, or Higher?
Which do you aspire to reach: “The Next Level” or “A Higher Level”? The expressions mean two very different things to me. I just read an article about a leadership change in a local organization, where the board chairman commented about setting the organization up “for the next person to take it to the next […]
A Higher Level
You can continue to do the same things, the same way, indefinitely. Or you can take it to a higher level. It’s a choice, like most things in life. While you don’t get to choose your parents or that certain place you came into this world, after infancy and early childhood the vast majority of […]
The Whole Nine Yards
When you’ve given all you’ve got, when there is nothing left, you’ve given “the whole nine yards”. It turns out that this expression has many supposed origins and, surprisingly, many folks are inclined to argue vehemently about which is the “correct one”. Google this phrase and you’ll see what I mean! Whatever the source, however, […]
Winners!
It’s energizing to be around winners! Their positive, can-do attitudes will change the chemistry in a room. More importantly, winners will drive the success of a business. I enjoyed spending an evening with two of our very own winners: Sueanna Nelson and Michael Munns of the West Palm Beach team. They, along with their team […]
The Eagle Has Landed
Forty-five years ago this month, the lunar module bearing the name “The Eagle” deposited Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon. As Armstrong descended the ladder to the lunar surface, he uttered the words: “One small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind”. I was amazed and mesmerized at what […]