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I bumped into a friend today at Starbucks and he mentioned a term I had not heard before, “Leadership Wake.” This term refers to the residual impact of your leadership – what you leave behind you. To really understand this you have to have some degree of knowledge about boats. Boats of any size leave what’s called a “wake” behind …

The baby blue 1965 Chevelle Malibu convertible glided silently down the hill, around the corner and straight into our car port.  My brother had run out of gas – again. Thankfully he had run out of gas at the top of the street that descended to our house where he could, with a certain degree of dignity, gracefully glide to …

It’s the middle of winter and there aren’t any flies around, but the beginning of a new year is a good time to learn a lesson from the fly. Have you ever sat inside your home on a warm day in a comfy chair beside a window and watched a fly trapped on the inside trying to get outside? We …

What do you think your most valuable asset is? I mean as a person, not what you own. Your education? Your experience? Your intelligence? Your emotional intelligence? Your abilities and talents? I would venture to say that none of those are really your most valuable asset. Sure they are all valuable components of who you are and what you bring …

A story is told of three stone masons working on the construction of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. St. Paul’s was designed by architect Sir Christopher Wren and was completed in 1720. For over 300 years it has been one of the most famous and recognizable buildings in the London skyline. At 365 feet tall it was also the tallest …