The news regarding my future was like a hand-grenade tossed in a swimming pool. In a matter of 2 minutes, significant disruption entered the Story. My position, as Station Manager, would be eliminated from the 2008 budget.
Attempting to absorb the shock of that Friday afternoon meeting, I asked Dan, “Are you telling me I’m not coming back Monday?”
“You need to pack your office.”
We had known…
“I want to stand on top of the world,” he proclaimed to his family and friends.
For the son of a beekeeper, that would be an ambitious aspiration. Ed’s climbing experience began as a high school student. Although he followed in his father’s footsteps as a beekeeper, he wanted more adventure in his Story. Following a tour of duty during World War II, he returned home determined to achieve…
“Steve, I encourage you to check-out one of our Yoga classes,” DeAngelo, my trainer urged. “I think you’ll like it, and it will support the work we’re doing in the gym.”
A few months later, I slipped into a Saturday morning Yoga class at Sky Fitness. The only open space was upfront in the middle of the room. Ellice, the instructor, welcomed me, and…
“The reality is we’ve gone from an average football team to a good football team; to a great football team and we’ve worked hard to do those things…but we’re not an elite football team, yet.”
The ninth-ranked Nittany Lions had just lost to No. 4 Ohio State University, 27-26. In his postgame press conference, Head Coach James Franklin took responsibility and cast a vision for Penn State’s football program.
“We’re…
I’m not an expert in grief. However, the Story is providing me with life experience.
Grief is sorrow over a loss. The higher the loss, the more profound the sorrow.
Sorrow is a feeling of distress. Sadness is caused by anxiety or pain that is felt when we lose something or someone. Sorrow comes when we’re disappointed because of unfulfilled hopes, expectations, or misfortune.
Here are my…
“How do we want to celebrate the grandkid’s birthdays this year?” I asked Rita. “What we’re doing has been good but what does “better” look like in 2017?”
As grandparents, we volunteered to guide the celebration of our grandchildren’s “family birthday party.” Over the past couple years we developed the following ceremony.
Move over Baby Boomers. According to the Pew Research Center, Millennials (ages 18-34) have surpassed Baby Boomers (ages 51-69) as the USA’s largest generation. And with the baton passed we say goodbye to “old school” leadership, it won’t work with the “King of the Hill.”
Gallup’s recently released report, “How Millennials Want to Work and Live,” announces how Millennials will “change the world decisively more than any…
