Did you hear that Tiger Woods won a golf tournament yesterday?  Good!  Just checking that all your gadgets work. I think Tiger winning ranks as one of the unlikeliest occurrences in sport. Think of it: He’s old.  Most guys his age are beginning to wind down their pro golf career.  Their strength is waning as […]

Jeralidine Williams is a prominent leader who lives in Tampa.  I was reading a feature about her in Forum, which is the magazine published by; The Florida Humanities Council, a group chaired by our CFO Casey Fletcher. She was asked in the interview what advice that she gives to younger people.  She said that she […]

I was listening to Andy Stanley and his wife Sandra give parental advice.  They have 10 years of youth ministry and led their three kids to adulthood. They were describing teenagers and had one key piece of advice: “Don’t freak out.” In their eyes, “freaking out” had several looks.  “Over-coaching” from the stands.  “Stage mothering” […]

Continuing with Dr. Jennings’ APD Triad. A is arriving. P is performing.  Some people see performing as “doing as much as necessary and as little as possible.” They regard meeting minimum expectations as adequate.  They work actively to understand where the line is drawn and work to stay within the borders. Jennings assumed one thinking […]