practice makes pars’

Since the Masters Tournament is in full swing this week, let’s talk golf. Specifically: golf as it relates to business, because I know of no other sport that is more similar to business. Golf is all about performing under pressure, and the same is true for leading a...

left-handed candy bars now on store shelves

The country’s major candy manufacturers have introduced left- and right-handed candy bars. For years, left-handed people have been opening candy bars at the wrong end, and as a result they are eating against the “chocolate flow” on the candy bars’ surfaces. This, of...

take out the garbage

Let’s talk about getting your house in order. Right now is the perfect time for this conversation. That’s because this is a big week for Christians as well as for Jews. Passover, which commemorates the Israelites’ liberation from slavery and their exodus from Egypt,...

currency

Funny, isn’t it, how so many important conversations with our children happen in the car? The other day I was driving my oldest son, who is in the 10th grade, and we got into a conversation about currency. (To be honest, it was more of a dad-to-son coaching session.)...

making a change by limiting your options

“To see a change, you have to make a change.” I read this quote somewhere recently, and I know for a fact that it’s true. Often, doing what you do better requires making changes. Sometimes those changes are tough to make and even tougher to make stick. I’ve made my...

living the new year one day at a time

For most of us, the new year comes with the desire to improve our lives in a few (or in many) ways. To that end, I’d like to help by sharing some tips that I’ve followed for several years. I clipped these tips from a Dear Abby column a while back. They are originally...