Category: Leadership & Responsibility


  • Why Pay for My Opinion If You’re Not Even Going to Listen

    Clients pay me for my opinion. Truth be told, I give it whether I get paid or not. Just ask anyone who knows me. Which makes it even more interesting when someone is paying for it and still has no intention of listening. I am not in the business of agreeing with you. I am in the business of helping…

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  • Work-Life Balance Isn’t 9 to 5

    Work-life balance is one of the most talked about and least understood ideas in business. Everyone says they want it.Very few people define it the same way.And most definitions change depending on what someone needs at the moment. That is usually the first sign they are not seeing the whole field. If work-life balance were as simple as people make…

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  • Trust Your Gut

    Trust Your Gut

    In golf one of the worst things you can do is start second guessing your club selection while standing over the ball. You pull the eight iron. Then the conversation in your head starts. Maybe it should be the seven.Maybe the wind is stronger than I thought.Maybe I should just play it safe. Once that self talk starts, the swing…

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  • Ego Is a Good Thing. Ego Is a Bad Thing.

    When my father passed away in January, I was nine years old. My mom was suddenly a widow with three kids. Nine, six, and four. Everything changed. Shortly after, my grandfather pulled me aside and said, “You’re the man of the house now.” I do not know whether he meant it literally or symbolically. But I took it literally. Whether…

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