My Very Own Karate Kid Moment

My Very Own Karate Kid Moment

My Very Own Karate Kid Moment I was ten years old when The Karate Kid opened in theaters. What an amazing movie!  I absolutely loved every scene of the movie. Daniel Larusso was the outsider high school student who moved from New Jersey to Reseda, California. There...
Daddy, Why did you lie?

Daddy, Why did you lie?

My six-year-old son Levi and I were driving back from a splendid weekend we had at Camp Seagull. He and I had joined the Y Guides Program the previous fall. The YMCA sponsors the program to foster time between sons and daughters and their fathers. The Y Guides was...
Enough is Enough

Enough is Enough

I spoke with Wayne Salmans several weeks ago, and he said something that I found super profound. “You can’t out-earn stupid!” Stupid is as stupid does.  I believe Forest Gump said those words. For the life of me, I don’t get why people liked Forest Gump.  It was one...
How to Be a Successful CEO

How to Be a Successful CEO

When I was in Business School, I took a class on how to be a CEO. My professor made a comment during that class that rang in my ears like a church bell on Sunday morning. “The Job of the CEO is to determine what business he/she will be in.” In my first...
Zoe and the Two Wooden Shoes

Zoe and the Two Wooden Shoes

Yesterday, there I was at 8:30 pm in my home office typing away on the computer. I committed to writing a blog post everyday.  I’ve got to do it.  Today will not be the day that I break the chain of daily blog posts. Some days I get the blog posts written before work...
Time to Breathe

Time to Breathe

It’s just a matter of time before it breaks! I grabbed one end with one hand.  I grabbed the other end with my other hand. Let’s see how far I can stretch this sucker out. Five inches. Twelve inches. Fifteen inches. SNAP!!!!!! OW!!! That hurts. I looked down at my...

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