My youngest daughter broke her leg in January. She spent 5 weeks in a cast. Now she has the cast off, and for the last two weeks she has been retraining her leg muscles, and her brain, to walk the right way. More than the physical training, though, it’s been interesting …
wes Be Careful Who Speaks into Your Life
For the record, one of the regular parts of what I’m going to try to write about are little lessons I’ve learned along the way. This semester I have the fortune of having an intern, and every week we sit down for what I call “incoherent ramblings”. Often these are …
Don’t Hide from Hard Conversations
Have you ever had a meeting scheduled that you dreaded all day? Maybe it’s a yearly review, a potentially explosive situation, or a conversation you are fully expecting to go south. Over the years, I have learned the difficult lesson to not run away from difficult conversations. A few years …
The Horizon of Possibility
This week is being spent writing a little more about the “3 Questions”. I’ve taken one at a time and will finish with the 3rd today. Just for a refresher, when you walk into a room, ask yourself: What needs to be done? What can I do? Who can I get …
Learning to Step Up
Today we are continuing to dive a little deeper into the “3 Questions”. You can read Monday’s exploration of the first question here. Just for a refresher, when you walk into a room, ask yourself: What needs to be done? What can I do? Who can I get to help? (Click here, here and here if you haven’t …