Do your job…and a little more! You’re getting better or you’re getting worse! So what’s your standard? Getting your job done is a good start. Knowing what you contribute, and why you matter, is a good start. Can you describe that to others? If you don’t do your job, what suffers? How do we fail? […]

My wife and I have been mentoring some young men for the past year.  Up close and personal.  They come from backgrounds different from what they get in our house.   I have seen that my wife, my family, and I have “leverage” that these young men don’t have. “Leverage” is access to resources that give […]

LEADERSHIP CHECKLIST I saw this in a want ad today posted by the New York Times:  “We’re looking for a (leader) with a sense of humor and a spine of steel, a confident point of view and an open mind, an appetite for risk and exacting standards for excellence. We’re looking for someone who wants […]

You must be a model before you’re a role model.   I like being known as a role model. Being aware that someone could be looking to me with the idea that my example would inspire a person to be better is humbling and causes me to want to be a better man. So, the best […]