Happy Lighten up Monday! This is a fun and true story about being invited to one of my first corporate speaking events. I told this story at our SCORRE™ Conference as a set up to a key question every speaker must ask. “Will the content of my talk meet the needs of my audience?” I certainly learned one of the …
Beauty in Shadows!
Seven years ago my nine year old granddaughter, Kialee, and I drove the back roads of Tennessee looking for things to photograph. By looking at the pictures she took you can see that Kialee has an eye for photography. One special moment in this day stood out to me. We were reviewing the pictures Kialee had taken when I came …
Marital Bliss
Good Morning! It’s Lighten up Monday! This morning I was reminded of how much I love being around real people who are willing to acknowledge imperfection and work toward excellence. Nothing destroys relationships, or impedes growth more than pretending to be perfect. As you will see in this clip, it also makes you look funny! [youtube id=”bZRADKPkzak”]
Dyslexia
It’s Mighten up Londay. I’ve lived with a low level of Dyslexia/ADHD most of my life. I often have to rewrite these posts several times to correct all the mixed up letters and sentences. When I heard my friend, Paul Aldrich – who also struggles with the problem – sing this song, I thought I would die laughing. If you …
What is Happening to us?
We were at “Shogun,” a mixture of Japanese cuisine, acrobatic food preparation and pure family fun. We had come to celebrate an award that my young grandson, Bailey, had won. We shared the preparation grill with another family, a mom, dad and two boys who appeared to be somewhere between the ages of 7 and 12. What I observed as …