The winter fog has been thick this week, stymieing ships in our local port and causing numerous accidents on the road. It’s unnerving to drive when you can’t see where you’re going. I approached a highway intersection this week where the normal speed is 55 mph. I was creeping along at 30 mph because I …
FSU fans have been talking for weeks about Jimbo Fisher’s abrupt departure for a $75 million deal with Texas A & M. It’s interesting that a college coach’s annual salary outstrips what most will earn during their entire career. Hear me now – I’m all for financial success and prosperity. Free enterprise is in my …
Dealing with difficult people is a daily challenge for most of us. Over several decades of teaching workshops on this subject, interest and demand for the topic have not dwindled. Whether it’s controlling bosses, recalcitrant employees, or unhappy spouses – people who are hard to please and chronically unhappy aren’t hard to find. The best …
Business leaders are swept along in a river of technological change and must constantly learn new skills to keep their heads above water. Sometimes, we must let go of the old to embrace the new. However, there are some things that will always remain – manners ranking near the top of the list of unchangeable values. …
Who among us hasn’t dreamed of being extraordinary? To be noticed. To do things no one else is doing or go beyond what has been done before. You’ve probably never verbalized you want to “Be the Miracle”. But we all have high hopes for doing something incredible. This can be both rewarding and disappointing. Exhausting …
It starts before the sandbox – this curse of comparison. While we are itty bitty people, we are grabbing for another child’s toy, thinking it’s better than the one in our hand. It seems as if we are born selfish. Whether you call comparison a curse or a trap, it is a habit that can …
At the 2017 Global Leadership Summit, Bill Hybels stated, “Our troubled world is demanding a better brand of leadership.” Tag – you’re it. Instead of responding to the atmosphere, we must establish the atmosphere. That’s what leaders do. Leadership is an action, not a position. It’s easy to act like a backseat driver when it comes …
As a native Floridian, I’ve listened for years to the press about saving the sea turtles. I’ve been aware of the laws passed to protect them but turtle life wasn’t on my radar until I spent a week’s vacation at the beach on Longboat Key. The shore was lined with the protected nests and I …
Hurricane Irma is now history. The monster storm weakened before making landfall but nonetheless, made quite a mess. As a native Floridian, I have family in every part of the state and all were affected by the storm that defied meteorologist’s predictions. My home and community were unscathed when we experienced tropical storm force winds …
Forecasting the weather seems like a hit or miss proposition. That makes me wonder if forecasting the future is any more accurate. Both meteorologists and sociologists use data, computer models, historical precedent, and any number of technological tools to produce scientific projections. Yet both nature and humans can be capricious and quite subject to change. …