Last week I read and commented on a post by Nick Grimshawe titled Is The Self Development Industry Selling Snake Oil. His post was predicated on the belief by some that people who talk, write, and sell books about personal development are selling other people a bill of goods because in their minds they believe […]

I belong to a health club, and when I’m in town I go at least 5 times a week. I’m pretty much set to an early routine, and only break it up when I plan on staying for a long period of time; that’s rare. My favorite thing is walking around the track. That’s pretty […]

I was reading a blog post by a guy named Bruce Lynn titled Pulling The Plug. Basically it was a follow up to another post he did reviewing a book by John Maxwell called Failing Forward. The 10 points on the post, which in the book is called “Top Ten Strategies for Dealing with a […]

Back in March 2008 I wrote a short little post called Just Six Words. The basic idea was that you had six short categories and you only got to write six words in response to each category. The original idea came from a guy named Kevin Eikenberry, and I link to his post from the […]

Last weekend I watched the Vince Lombardi biography on HBO and thought it was very nicely done. However, I was paying attention to how he led people as well as what kind of football coach he was, and I was intrigued. I was intrigued because in a way he was like me as a leader […]