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“If you don’t read you can’t lead.” I heard this sage advice many years ago.  When you choose to read a book on leadership you get years of the author’s experience in less than 200 pages for under $20.  That’s a good investment. If we choose not to read we are really choosing to lead based on our own limited …

A good friend and I share a boat in Vancouver that we use to cruise through the Gulf Islands off the coast of British Columbia.  These waters are some of the most spectacular cruising waters in the world. When cruising in ocean waters you need to know how to navigate effectively.  When we first began our boating adventure we used …

Our crossing of the Gulfo Dulce had been magical: calm blue waters, cloudless skies, brilliant warm sunshine and a personal escort by a pod of dolphins. The arrival at our destination was like a scene out of Jurassic Park.  The gentle lapping ocean gave way to a 20’ deep black sand beach that abruptly ended where the thick Costa Rican …

We’re in the midst of Olympic fever right now.  Whether or not you love or hate the Olympic movement and all it has become, there is no greater forum where we witness the magnificent human drama of athletic competition. Sport is an area of our culture, particularly world class amateur sport, where we see the depth of wholehearted, passionate pursuit …

Have you ever coached a vine? I’ve recently started to coach some wisteria flowering vines at our house.  We have two of them: one old, mature and established, the other younger, less established and less mature. The mature vine is positioned to grow in two different directions: along the small pergola at the front of the garage, and along the …