I was listening to a talk yesterday by a pastor, Bill Hybels. He observed that we don’t get to choose where we are born. He went on. Some of us are born into a “resourced” world like the United States and others are born into an “under resourced” world like Rwanda. The talk was about […]

When holiday weekends come, I usually find time to stick my nose in a book. How about you? Sometimes it’s a novel. My fiction reading these days will go toward mystery thrillers by Lee Child, Harlan Coben or Florida writer Randy Wayne White. More likely I read a book about leadership. Coaching biographies are a […]

PalletOne leaders happen to the world rather than let the world happen to them. To be sure, there are many things out of our control. You can make a long list. A few years ago, there were a lot of things going on that made me feel like I had no control. The conditions were […]

In his book “Toughness,” Jay Bilas talked about playing basketball at Duke under legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski. Bilas said a major toughness tenet for the team was “next play.” The concept is simple. The game is made of a long string of plays. As soon as one is completed, the next one is up. According […]