In High School I judged Dairy Products for our FFA chapter. If you’ve seen Napoleon Dynamite, it was not quite that awkward, but it was close. I will never forget the hardest lesson I learned from judging Dairy Products: never second guess my first reaction. This lesson was learned when …
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Mid-Summer Check In
Wow. Just wow. January 30 was when I started blogging regularly on this site. I started out because I had a simple idea I felt like I needed to share. (You can read more about that here.) Today, we are nearing the end of June, which means I have been …
A New Adventure
Next week a project on which I have been working and dreaming up for the past two years launches–Horizon Leadership Camp. On Wednesday, I will load vehicles with a group of students going to youth camp with Horizon Camps. While we are there, I have the opportunity to pour into a …
Learning to Communicate Expectations
Along my leadership journey, I have realized I am a thinker. I love pondering. I love dreaming up new ways to do things. I am not, however, able to efficiently communicate all that I dream up. And in that tension, I face a few problems–specifically, the inability of those around …
Lessons from the Farm: Same Destination, Different Paths
Welcome to my series called “Lessons from the Farm”. You can read the other posts here. Just a little background: I grew up working on my Dad’s farm. As I’ve grown older and spent more time away, there are few leadership principles I have realized along the way. When I got into …