Archives for August 2006

My books are a flagrant mixture of real and made-up events and characters. I really enjoy the literary license that brings, and I think it makes for a better story over all. (If James Frey… Read more

Read #1 The next morning, I walked out to the boardwalk sipping a triple-shot mocha and hoping that the caffeine would kick in quickly after my restless night. I walked down to the water, stuck… Read more

I found this poem, which I wrote a bunch of years ago (10, maybe?) I see now that it was the germ of the idea for reading the signs. Yep, it pays to keep those… Read more

I took the family on a sort-of vacation last week to a big house on Mission Beach in San Diego. Okay, that might sound strange given that we live in San Diego (well, Poway, actually),… Read more

I’ve written before about my new friend, David Pinter, principal of General Joseph Finegan Elementary in the Jacksonville, Florida area. Today he sent me the following remarkable update, reminding me, once again, why I get… Read more

I read this sign as a call to accountability: don’t dump your issues, baggage, garbage, responsibilities or problems on anyone else because it’ll all just pile up, attract flies and fester in the still heat… Read more

Finding your frequency is the process of defining who you are at your core, so you can fully bring that to bear on every aspect of your life. After all, the core of your business… Read more

A post on the Management Craft blog took me down the proverbial rabbit hole to a blog post by Human Resources professional, Sanjay Lakhotia called People!! I Am Loving It. In it, he chuckles about… Read more

My book recommendations are now up at Suggestica.com. I chose works that a) deeply informed my own thinking and point of view about leadership and b) I just love for various reasons. I spell it… Read more