Leaning Toward Wisdom

“I can see my way out of this trouble” sing Moon Taxi (how can you not love a band name like that?). But it begs the question for you. Can YOU see your way out of trouble? If you’re like most of us – sometimes you can, sometimes you can’t. It kinda depends on how […]

Do you ever catch yourself noticing stuff you didn’t really notice before? I mean, like some model of car. Or some type of tree. Like around here there aren’t many pine trees. Drive 90 minutes east and you can’t hardly see anything other than pine trees. But pine trees are scattered around in different spots […]

It used to seem to me That my life ran on too fast And I had to take it slowly Just to make the good parts last But when you’re born to run It’s so hard to just slow down So don’t be surprised to see me Back in that bright part of town I’ll […]

Let’s play store! It’s what we said as kids. Little did I know I’d spend more than 30 years of my life doing it for real. Not make believe. But every day lots of people are playing make believe. The Internet affords us the opportunity to pretend on a massive scale. Spending the time pretending […]

As different as we all are, we’re sure an awful lot alike. Things – and people – aren’t always as they appear. Sometimes I sit across from leaders I’m coaching and think, “How can you not be more confident?” High flying, hard charging, ridiculously competent and very educated people can suffer the same fears the […]

Life presents us with problems that warrant the question. “What do we do now?” Despair often prompts the question. The implication is that we don’t know what to do now. That’s why we’re asking the question. ‘Cause we rode it long and drove it hard and we wrecked it in our own backyard. That doesn’t […]

Today’s show: A departure from the norm (cause I felt like it and sometimes we need to see a curveball; it makes us better hitters) Pre-school and first grade shame (the perils of being a pyromaniac, lying and peeing your pants) Second grade shame (look, it’s a naked lady) Fast forward ’cause there’s too much shame […]

Time will tell. It always does. Time will reveal we’re foolish. Or wise. Leaning Toward Wisdom isn’t about some ideal version of living. None of us are wise all the time. Few, if any of us, are as wise as we think we are. The best and brightest among us are foolish sometimes. I watch […]

I mostly talk about the topics that seem to crop up in my everyday life, either professionally or personally. Or both. Every now and again somebody will say to me, “Have you been lurking around our house?” It happens. I can speak to something that really hits home. Literally. No, I don’t have spies lurking […]

On Monday, June 22, 2015, I said my last good-bye to Rocky, one of our 15-year-old Westies. You can read more about it by joining the Facebook group. Just click that link at the top of the page and I’ll let you inside. I want to thank you for the kind words and condolences. You […]