Leadership training happens every day, it just goes unnoticed. Unnoticed? Yes, unnoticed except by those who have had some training. Like me. Twenty-one hours of Leader Preparation Program time. You may call me a Fort Ord Leadership Academy graduate. This is why I’m such a fan of education for the young and old, and you […]
THIS WEEK, NEXT WEEK, WEEK TO WEEK
March 24, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This week is the key to living in the now, not last week. Or next week. With a calendar of baby boomer plans stretching across the entire year, focusing on one week at a time is the best way.. Why not one day at a time? Because it’s too short, and a month is too […]
PEDDLING FEAR FOR THE WIN
March 11, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Peddling fear is as old as the first recorded sunrise. “It’s getting hot and feeling hotter,” said early man. “If it keeps getting hot I’ll need a new wardrobe,” said early woman. “These animal furs will cook us both.”
BETTER WORLD IN THE 90’S? BETTER THAN WHAT?
October 10, 2024 by
Do you remember a better world that existed thirty years ago? Talking 1994? I’m trying without looking, but I hit the archives on history.com. Ron Rule from twitter inspired me with this:
ANXIETY TODAY: WHAT IF . . . ?
January 22, 2024 by
Anxiety today is nothing new, but plenty of new people experience it. First it’s one thing, then another, until it’s everything all the time. And it never slows down, never stops. Then what?
THE WESTERN WAY + + +
October 26, 2023 by
The western way shows a solitary figure on a journey of self-discovery. That was my goal when I started. Just me and the boys and a dog. John, Bill, Stu, and Ruby. I would encase the memory like high-silica ground water does to fallen logs buried in mud. Except my memory would take three weeks, […]
ANTICIPATION ANXIETY, OR “HOW BAD CAN THIS BE?”
April 2, 2022 by
New beginnings around here start with anticipation anxiety, sleepless nights, and carefully moving forward. Does that sound like your standard operating procedure, your SOP? It’s one thing when it’s on the job, another when it’s just you and you’re got an idea you want to figure out. Instead of the trusted steps of 1, 2, […]
OBJECT PERMANENCE: WORKING FOR A BETTER LIFE EVERY DAY
July 17, 2021 by
Object permanence typically starts to develop between 4-7 months of age and involves a baby’s understanding that when things disappear, they aren’t gone forever. The first time I heard the words ‘Object Permanence’ I liked it. “When things disappear, they aren’t gone forever” makes me happy. As adults we remember the past and remember when […]
WORKOUT SWEAT IN THREE DRIPS AND DROPS
July 7, 2021 by
You know you’ve got it going when workout sweat starts bubbling up. Not flop sweat, nervous sweat, or anxiety sweat, but the sort of sweat you want and need to prove something to yourself. Workout sweat connects you to every athlete, every champion, every strong person you’ve ever heard of. They got there with sweat. […]
LIFE CHANGES AND WE KEEP UP. DOES THAT SOUND LIKE YOU?
June 6, 2021 by
‘Life changes’ sound morbid. When I hear those two words I think something bad must have happened. “We’ve had life changing events,” sounds a little dramatic, like something big happened. But why does it have to be a bad event? And why big? This is a post to celebrate the small life changes, the things […]
