When I’m in San Diego I enjoy walking around either Harbor Island or Shelter Island. Most often, I walk around Harbor Island since that’s where I keep my boat. The other day, I climbed down the rocks and snapped the photo looking at Tom Ham’s Lighthouse. When you take a closer look, you can see…
Paul Bunyan was a giant lumberjack. His working companion was Babe the Blue Ox. By giant, think of Clifford the big red dog. Clifford could have joined Babe as one of Paul’s sidekicks. Stories of Paul Bunyan first started circulating in North American logging camps in the early to mid 1800s. The first time a…
My guest blogger today is Justin Cheely, who is the Discipleship Pastor at theCHURCH of Arizona (tcaz.us). Let’s see what Justin has to share with us today about his own Leadership Adventure: “Ministry is Easy – Leadership is Hard. I had a mentor tell me this a while back. Truer words have never been spoken. …
Just for fun, today I decided to play around with the number “3” and the letter “C.” I just turned 63, which is three score plus 3 years, and the letter C is the third letter in the alphabet. So it seems I’m surrounded. Last week, I introduced the Johari Window – its history, framework…
Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham were American psychologists. In 1955, they developed what has become a very effective analysis tool based on the outcomes of group dynamics studies at the University of California. They put their findings into the form of a quadrant, resembling a four-paned window. They called it “Johari” – which is simply…
Today my son Brandon shares 3 leadership tips he’s learned in his work as a professional dog trainer. Take it away Brandon… “I love animals. I’ve always felt drawn to and connected to them, and luckily my family has too. One of my most cherished pictures is of my grandpa around my age with his…
I read a book last year called “The Effective Manager,” by Mark Horstman. It’s an excellent distillation of several practical management tools. Today I’ll do a quick review. As the title suggests, the primary question the book addresses is this – “What is an Effective Manager?” First, per Mr. Horstman, an effective manager must achieve…
Our church founded a community outreach center in 2019. We call it a “workbench” for our community. There are a lot of needs in our area, including food insecurity, substance abuse, single-parent households and a high poverty and unemployment rate. The official name is the RE:center. You can check it out at rcaz.us and learn…
Vilfredo Pareto (1848 – 1923) was an Italian civil engineer, sociologist, political scientist and philosopher. In 1896, he conducted a study of land ownership in Italy, which showed that 20% of the population owned 80% of the property. This became the foundation for what we know today as the “Pareto Principle” – or more commonly – the…
Today my son Ryan shares his early entrepreneurial journey with us, lessons learned, and how it led him to find his True Strength by reconnecting with his faith in Christ. Here is his story: “Dillon! …You son of a b**h!” (*an extra large handshake turned arm wrestle battle ensues*) “What’s the matter? The CIA got…