Kindness. Harder to do than being thankful.My oldest granddaughter recently completed a month-long volleyball camp put on by Poulsbo Parks & Recreation. There were easily 25 to 30 girls, ages 9 and 10, participating and having fun. I had the dual role of driver and proud Pops who got to watch her play.At the end …
I'm going to die.That's what I said to myself as I was lying flat on my back, staring up at a blue sky littered with a few wispy, white clouds.I'm going to die because I can't move any air.Then I felt someone gently put a hand on my chest and say, in the calmest voice, …
September is National Preparedness Month. While many of the advertisements and promotions you'll see revolve around personal preparedness (and those are important), we can also do so much more for our businesses and organizations.The recent fires in Spokane are a stark reminder of how quickly a crisis can escalate. Emergency evacuations, damaged property, and in …
“More!”It was March 17, 2011. I was standing in my parents’ two- bedroom assisted living apartment. The hospice people had just left after speaking with Dad. In the room with me were Mom, Barb, my sister Rita, and my daughter Mindy, who happened to be home from university for spring break.Dad knew what hospice meant. …
It was July 1976.I was 11 years old and had just finished 5th grade at Olympic View Elementary in Oak Harbor, WA. The nation had just celebrated our bicentennial — 200 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. And like most kids my age, I loved to listen to music.Prior to 1976, I …
"Stay close. Too far. Wrong choice. Good job. Good boy." These are phrases I say constantly to my two-year-old dog, Bandon. They get repeated often when we're working with our trainer, Brittany. Of importance: I said our trainer. More on that later. Bandon and I have been working with Brittany for the better part of …
You don’t need to be a golf fan to have heard of the annual professional tournament held in Augusta, GA called The Masters. This year’s edition, played every April, marked the 90th tournament in its history. Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland became only the fourth golfer ever to win it in back-to-back years. The Masters …
The second of a two-part series on Leadership Lessons from the Seattle Seahawks’ Super Bowl season.Last month, we broke down three leadership lessons that helped propel the Seattle Seahawks to a Super Bowl championship: Process Over Results, Alignment, and “We Did Not Care.”In this second and final part, we’re not running out the clock. We’re …
While we in the PNW are still basking in the aftermath of a Super Bowl win by the Seattle Seahawks, there’s a chance we might be able to take a few leadership lessons from their head coach, Mike MacDonald.
Pain sucks. And pain has a funny way of demanding your attention, especially when it shows up uninvited and refuses to leave.
