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Conquering the Potty: Empowerment Case Study

May 31, 2011

If you’ve followed me on facebook you know that one of the things we’ve doing seemingly over the last six months has been potty training my son. That process more or less miraculously came to a conclusion about a month and half ago, but wanted to give it its own space here since embedded in [...]

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A Couple Family Moments

April 10, 2011

I’ve been insanely busy the last few weeks. I’ve been hindered from posting, but the ideas have been piling up and I’m going to try to get some posts out over the next couple of weeks. But I’ll share today a couple of family moments. First – I had a moment where I unconsciously starting [...]

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My St. Patrick’s Gift From My Son

March 17, 2011

Colin got this ring somewhere last week. We were out as a family and he was looking at the ring for a while and then gives me the following…. “Dad. This guy looks like you. This is you dad!” I spun it in my mind as a positive that he was embracing some of his [...]

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Presidents Who Hunt Vamps (Review)

February 24, 2011

My book club hit Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter over the last couple of months. It was a fascinating read and at times a confusing blend of history and fantasy. We read Team of Rivals a couple years ago and thought this would be fun to do since we all loved that book on Lincoln. My [...]

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Caught”Stealing Food”

January 15, 2011

I originally posted this a year ago and I’m re-posted it now because I’m back at the Epic Conference and it’s a reminder of so many good things for me to think about. But of course I have thought about the funny experience my wife and I had last year.If you are white one of [...]

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Things That Are Out of Place

December 12, 2010

Every once in a while you come across things that are blatantly just out of place. I was in a Target recently in Anaheim, California near my neck of the woods where I walked by the sports apparel section. There’s Lakers to the Left, USC to the right, and of course in between them was….Buffalo [...]

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The Infinite Queso Xmas Haiku Contest

December 4, 2010

Stephanie, who is the author of the blog “Infinite Queso” and who has guest blogged here before, is hosting her second annual Christmas Haiku contest. Head to the link below for the rules and for other submissions, but the theme is related to Christmas movies. I submitted my own so I’ll post it here to [...]

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My Thanksgiving

November 26, 2010

Hope you’re enjoying your Thanksgiving weekend! Thought it would be appropriate to give a pictorial play-by-play of our Thanksgiving celebration. We had a great day. Follow along closely First, the pilgrims and the Native Americans were getting restless…. But my brother-in-law Jeff helped bring things together with a dramatic reading of Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation as [...]

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Turning Clarity On

November 22, 2010

I’ve posted a few times on communication clarity in leadership and loved this cartoon. We always underestimate what it takes to communicate clearly in leadership. If you want to check out a few related posts I’ll put the links below the cartoon… Ringing the Bell of CommunicationWithout Vision, Maybe the People Will Be Better OffMISdirect [...]

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