The World

Right around the corner after the birth of Baby Jesus are the traditional New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day Holidays. For many, it’s also during this time that resolutions of better habits, more [...]

We exponentially grow when we learn and act on “what we don’t know we don’t know”. I always advocate getting in your kids’ element  whenever possible, not only because of the kid bonding but also [...]

My calloused response to the bombing in Boston runs like cold tea through my veins.  While my heart goes out for  the city and those killed and injured and their families, inside I’m screaming, [...]

I just listened to Business Coach Trainer Gary Henson reference the words of  former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Rumsfeld categorized how we see the world in terms of 1) what we [...]

I just finished re-listening to a replay of a group coaching session with my coach.  My ears perked to hear that the man in the hot seat was being coached on having better balance in his life. [...]

My recent silent retreat bathed me in God’s love and wisdom. Within hours upon returning to the real world I collided with my every  internal and external obstacle blocking me from being the [...]

With “clarity” you can recognize the disjoint inherent in attempting to relate to a prickly person.  Clarity helps you see things for what they are.  “Focus” helps us detach from the prickly [...]

To navigate the emotional maze of the prickly person, after “clarity”, your best tool is “focus”. Part of what causes prickly people to be so prickly is a disordered lifestyle or world view. [...]

Prickly people resemble porcupines with sharp quills pointing in all directions.  Get too close and you might get poked, so you may spend your time dancing to avoid the stab.  The verbal jab, [...]

Earlier I read about my Kansas State Wildcats, who just lost in the Fiesta Bowl to the Oregon Ducks.  The 26 seniors talked about how over the years, with the addition of new players, the culture [...]