Aug
14
2015
A Baby Changes Everything is a song released at Christmastime in 2008 by country music singer Faith Hill. It’s catchy little tune is the tale of a pregnant teenage girl faced with the uncertainty of her future and coming...
Aug
11
2015
Baseball fans recognize that opportunity knocks at the door when someone shouts out “ducks on the pond”! What? Baseball and ducks?
Arch McDonald, an old-time baseball announcer for the Washington Senators is credited with the metaphor “ducks on the pond”....
Aug
08
2015
Swedish car manufacturer Volvo has built its reputation on safety. Want a safe car, drive a Volvo. Car enthusiasts typecast Volvo’s conservative and uninspiring cars by saying, “Volvo sells school teachers cars shaped like bricks”. Ouch!
Playing it safe has...
Jul
24
2015
It was displayed in plain sight. I’m sure I must have seen it before. However on this particular evening while waiting on my next appointment, it caught both my attention and curiosity. Three short phrases carefully crafted together. One...
Jul
18
2015
Jim Collins in his book Good To Great makes the observation that successful and impactful companies all have CEOs with this one thing in common... they were humble & willful, modest & fearless. He goes on to compare these...
Jun
17
2015
“Old Man Pate” didn’t seem much of a fan of us neighborhood boys. The mere memory of his front yard tirades still raises the hair on the back of my neck!
Ground zero of our conflict centered on the Pate’s...
May
25
2015
At age 24, the term “legacy” struck me as a word on a sign in front of an old folks home. Fast forward thirty years, now at age 54, not so much. I think a lot more about legacy these...
May
16
2015
How fun is it being Papa Jim to my grandson Titus! One of the perks of being the “World’s Best Grand Dad” :) are the countless songs and games we play.
Some of our favorites are “Chase Me”, Titus runs...
May
06
2015
Like many parents I had high hopes, dreams perhaps that my son or daughters would make it to the big leagues; a college standout, perhaps even a pro ball player. Reality is that approximately 1 in every 200 high...
May
02
2015
On any given Friday morning 1,845 sleepy eyed, semi-excited students enter the doors of Lewisville High School’s main campus. It’s the aim of a rag tag group of guys dubbed the “Grateful Dads” to greet them and bring a...
