Leadership Series #7: Motivation
What gets you up and going in the morning? Routine? A special project? Work? A commitment? Something else? This morning my youngest was up and out before 6 a.m.! He…
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Qualities of Leadership Series #6: The Best Boss Ever
What makes a person a good boss or leader? It’s been a while since I wrote a post for my Leadership Series. Traits of a good boss seem like a…
The Road Ends
Sometimes you get to explore the road not taken. Initially, you are excited you decided to travel a more unusual path and the opportunity is embraced. But, as you travel…
The Casket Room
A tisket a tasket I see another casket! Today I had to take a table back to our shop storage area at work. To get to the storage room, one…
Committee Work
I am no stranger to committee work. When we moved to Wisconsin, over twenty years ago now, I immersed myself in our local school system. I had a boy entering…
School, Creativity, and Work: Using all three for Life’s Balance
It took me until I was in my 40’s to discover (or rediscover) my creative side. In school, I was a serious student, striving for straight A’s (usually getting them),…
Life’s Transitions: Retirement
If we are lucky to live long enough, all of us will go through transitional periods in our lives. We might not like them all, but they’ll be there, nonetheless.…
Slice of Life Tuesday: Rushing to Judgement. Why?
Why do we rush to find fault with each other as people? None of us are perfect. Are we? What makes us quick to point out weakness or insufficiency or…
