Some people do not know how to lose. They stomp and whine and point fingers. I think their parents probably didn’t know how to teach them about losing. I call it the Balloon Theory. When a 4 year old lets go of a balloon, would you a: get him another balloon, b:comfort him and tell [...]

When we are reminded to think of hero archetypes the first we often think of is a movie character, or a sports hero. The former does stuff that magically appears heroic, and the latter does heroic-appearing stuff because they are uniquely athletic enough to be put in a position that expects it of them. Neither [...]

I have several axioms that my friends hear me repeat. They are strong feelings I have about behavior modifications for the general public that I believe would make the world a better place. Number one is “If everyone did their job like they are SUPPOSED to, everything would work just fine”. I could list 20 [...]

All that talk about resolutions and the year in reflection is hard to avoid. I did some new stuff last year. Got to see more races without having to work them than I have in a long time, and I am going to do some new stuff this year (I hope). The first official event [...]

This week we do lots of things that we do every year. The tree, the lights, the big  dinner at someone’s house (times two or three sometimes). All of the annual repetition reminds me of the many activities we do regularly, not only yearly, but repeatedly through generations. My first grandchild is being raised by [...]

That’s what I was Sunday night and most of the day Monday. It doesn’t happen very often, but I got sick. Oh, boy did I get sick. That’s all you want to know about how sick I got. No, I did not get a flu shot. Yes, I wash my hands a lot (and use [...]

How well you do in life is almost always dependent on how well you prepare. Having worked with several different teams and organizations I have been both well-prepared and ill-prepared with various groups.  The difference between the two are more than pronounced. It can make or break a whole event, whether you are running it, [...]

Snowflakes. What were you thinking I meant? We have them just dusting the yard now, and the season now looks correct. White fuzz on everything and less than a month before the best holiday week. I have procrastinated decorating and now have promised to hang lights in the cold. The tree is in a box [...]

Thanksgiving weekend always gets me looking at the past year, as I consciously remember the importance of friends and the good fortune of family. I know  how lucky I am to be doing things I like that pay the bills, and that I get to work with my family with little controversy and a lot [...]

I remind my kids often that we live in a magical time. We wear watches that are more powerful than the computers that powered NASA spaceships in the 1960s. As a Baby Boomer I have seen Ali and Sugar Ray box, Jordan and Magic play basketball, Starr and Favre and Rodgers play football, and Earnhardt, [...]