Tag: Learning

  • Pushing people into the chasm of tension as an act of service.

    Pushing people into the chasm of tension as an act of service.

    Once, I thought all tension was “bad” or “negative.” I was under the assumption that making others uncomfortable (or my making a mistake) was always a “mark against me on the scoreboard of life.” This could be because I am innately, at least according to many of the personality inventories I’ve taken the last 40…

  • The power of repetition : a satirical shark tale

    The power of repetition : a satirical shark tale

    …And now this from a white paper I found on medieval repetitive rituals – here is my take on its implications on the Baby Shark YouTube viral phenomenon Baby shark doo doo doo doo do do …… (repeat x infinity)

  • Thankful ain’t what YOU think

    Thankful ain’t what YOU think

    I used to dream of the ability to shower people with gifts that I thought would thank them properly and adequately. I used to pine tirelessly to imagine a way of thanking my bride for all she did to lift me up with “a big house” to quote Elton’s poet, Taupin: “where we both could…

  • Pepop: A Decorated Veteran of the Game of Life

    Pepop: A Decorated Veteran of the Game of Life

    Some months ago I wrote a story about my grandfather and how he taught me how to be full of CHIT: Curious | Humble | Intentional | Teachable. Today, I want to talk about this World War II veteran and how he has lived a life as a gritty hero, not just of World War…

  • May Your Torch Burn Long and Prosper

    According to his parents May 19, 2011, was a Tuesday, it was the day they lost their first son and it was a day that his brother had the hardest time writing his blog, Tuesday’s Torch, but he wrote it anyway. He wrote it dutifully, beautifully and eloquently for 9 years.  He wrote it to…

  • Change your lens to see more light.

    Change your lens to see more light.

    Change your lens on life and change your life (and maybe others?) for the better. Read more at http://four4soaring.com .

  • The Struggle is Real…Sometimes…

    The Struggle is Real…Sometimes…

    I am a restless person.  You might even call me “Restless by Nature.” That is not quite as cool as “Naughty By Nature” but I am anything but cool.  This restlessness is all too big a part of being human.  We struggle from the moment we emerge from the womb.  If you believe Maslow’s hierarchy (or…

  • Convey your idea, mission, or project through the power of story.

    Convey your idea, mission, or project through the power of story.

    One of the most powerful ideas I have heard recently is that when you share a concept, in reality, you as the presenter are not the hero, your audience is the hero. Nancy Duarte shares this concept with us in her TED Talk as she reveals her passions for presentation.  This is how she describes…

  • Unsunk and unstuck: Open the door to more!

    Unsunk and unstuck: Open the door to more!

    My friends, what I have now realized is that those sunk costs had me sunk.  I was drowning in them.  I was mired in a morass of my own self-absorption, intent on getting and keeping…

  • Hope prevails at any age

    Hope prevails at any age

    One of the starkest tragedies of our lives is that we are horrible predictors of the future.  This affects us in a myriad of mundane and profound ways.  We can be hurt by this in the way we choose our kitchen tile or cast our vote, by our inaction around saving and multiplying our money…