Empty Your Buckets

by | Nov 20, 2011 | Leadership, Peak Performance

We all have work clutter that builds up each week. Don’t leave it for Monday morning. You’ll sleep a whole lot better if you dedicate an hour tonight (and every Sunday). Sort your email. – Unsubscribe or filter the junk. – Respond to the easy...

Are You Faking It?

by | Nov 19, 2011 | Fitness, Tech Tools

I came across this article called Faked Fitness, and its list of ways we “fake it” hit closer to home than I expected. Evolutionary psychologist Geoffrey Miller, PhD says many of us use these products to fake fitness: Figure-flattering clothes, plastic...

Patience vs. Perseverance

by | Nov 18, 2011 | Faith, Leadership

  At our Life Group tonight, we recalled the message from Rudy Ruettiger at last week’s services. Although there were several highlights, we all agreed that the main gift he gave us was a walking definition of perseverance. Time and time again, he’d...

Ready or Not, Use What You've Got

by | Nov 17, 2011 | Leadership

  Today, I had the privilege of hearing from Barbara Canales at our Texas Business Women luncheon. She shared the story behind the Ready or Not Foundation and her daughter Jackie’s battle to beat brain cancer. Two moments got me at the gut level. After the...

Standing Outside the Fire

by | Nov 16, 2011 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership

Driving in the car today, I heard one of my favorite songs from decades ago. Life is not tried, it is merely survived, If you’re standing outside the fire. – Garth Brooks, 1993 It perfectly summed up a conversation I’d had this morning with one of my...

Are You a Maker or a Manager?

by | Nov 13, 2011 | Peak Performance

  There are two types of schedule, which I’ll call the manager’s schedule and the maker’s schedule. The manager’s schedule is for bosses. It’s embodied in the traditional appointment book, with each day cut into one hour intervals....

Land of the Free because of the Brave

by | Nov 11, 2011 | Writing

Our family has our own American hero to celebrate this Veterans Day. To say we’re proud would be an understatement in the least. (Mike, we love you.) When I think of what the sacrifice must be like, this song from Toby Keith always comes to mind. Up and at...