While my typical goal for reading is 12 books per year, I am well ahead of pace.  Here is a list of what I’ve read so far: Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari ABC Murders by Agatha Christie If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss The Zone […]

I love to read.  I set a modest goal to read at least 12 books per year in addition to my weekend Wall Street Journal.  I like to mix up my books and read a balance of leadership books and fiction just for fun.  My preference is still to read real books, made of paper. […]

The beginning of the new year is a perfect time for goal setting and personal development. Here are my goals for 2018: Goal #1 Maintain the personal routine. One of my resolutions from 2017 was to create and maintain a strong personal routine. As the year went on, the routine evolved. At times throughout the […]

I just got back from a week of heavy business travel.  The week included 7 flights, 2 long drives, 4 different hotels and lots of meetings along the way.  When I travel, it is normally a time I try to get extra work done.  Since I am away from my family it is easy to […]

Writing is a continual struggle for me.   Mostly trying to think of what to write about.  As I struggle through, I become jealous of those that have found their voice, their topic and appear to create great content so easily. That perspective is such a lie!  Those that I perceive to create great content have […]

I have a board member and adviser that always seems to have the right answer for any challenge.  It happens to be the same answer to everything, and I finally recognized the pattern.  Anytime I describe a particular challenge or something that is driving me to step in and do extra work he says “Oh […]

After reading A Year of Reading Dangerously I made a list of books I feel are classic, essential works that I have not read, but probably should.  Some of them may even be things that people assume I have read.  One of those books was How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. […]

One of my goals for the year has been to create and follow a strong, virtuous routine.  I was doing really well right up to the point we started to engage in more summer time activities. My routine had been: Morning Scripture Reading – 1 chapter Prayer – 10 minutes Meditation – 10 minutes Thoughts […]