What’s YOUR Superpower?
Yes, I still believe in super heroes! In a quick straw poll of the members of my household on what superpower they would want if given the opportunity, I was…
Expect It!
What are your expectations of situations and people? When faced with new or difficult circumstances, how are your thoughts? Positive? Negative? Indifferent? I go into most situations with the predisposition…
Do Ask, Do Tell!
Dave knew that when he told me I couldn’t do something, I’d work even harder to prove that I could do it. He was a great supervisor. It was easy…
The Encouragement Zone
Why is it there are 300 million people in the United States (and it seems like we’re all connected electronically) but, yet, the number of people that say they have…
4 “No Fail” Motivation Strategies
Money is great! It makes the world go around. It motivates some to perform better for a while (in it’s pursuit) but that “superior” performance is usually short lived. In…
Have Fun…But Don’t Get an STD!
How Faith didn’t see Ray’s six foot, 260 pound frame packed under her desk I’ll never know. It had been a long 3 months. The five of us in our…
Turn Off The Flash
Abby (my youngest daughter) walked over to me and said, “Dad, that is Jenny’s grandma” and, very stealthily, nodded in the direction of an elderly woman waiting (like we were)…
Have a Donut Policy
WHAT!? Why didn’t I know this? My door is always open! Recently, I heard from a former student and he relayed to me how, in a staff meeting, his new…
We Wanna Know!
As Marcellus Wallace said to Butch in Pulp Fiction, “We don’t want to think, we want to know.” Larry was a great guy to work for. He was, quite frankly,…
Problem Gas
He called an emergency meeting of the Department Heads. We sat there, looking at each other, wondering why the Captain had called the meeting. As he came in, we all…