March 1st 2018
March 1st will forever be an extraordinary day. On this day in 2014, at approximately 8:00 PM Central time, EMTs raced my hemorrhaging body into an emergency room in Wichita, Kansas. I was given less than a 5% chance of living. As one surgeon…
01: Introducing Letters to My Daughter Podcast
As the great Ruth Bader Ginsberg once said, “My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant to be your own person, be independent.” It’s tough to learn how to be independent and self-assured without some guidance. The role…
4 Steps to Quit Saving Money for the Wrong Reasons
For the last three years I've been using my wheelchair as a desk chair in my office. It's not comfortable, not even a little. I'm practical and it just seemed that having one wheeled chair was enough. I put up with it creating more pain than…
Give Up Expectations, Receive Love
In the simplest of terms, the message of Christmas is to Love One Another. Why do we sometimes find this so hard to do?
The answer is just as simple - We want to be in control. Our way, our expectations, our ideas of how things…
Genuine Stories Create Extraordinary IMPACT
On an ideal day, before starting work I’ll meditate, write in a journal and read a devotional. If feeling really crazy I’ll exercise. It helps to begin the day with solid footing and elevated aspirations.
Yesterday morning I read…
A Crash Course in Leadership
It’s Not Enough to Just Show Up
Woody Allen once said that “Seventy percent of success is showing up.”
Too often, however, we have leaders in place that simply show up and conduct business as usual. They give out instructions,…
Be Genuine while Faking It
On June 14 three years ago, I woke up in my own bed for the first time after three and a half months in hospitals. It was a Saturday and we had a birthday party for our daughter Sarah. I stepped into a bright new day and the beginning of getting…
How to Get Off the Leash
We live with continuous bombardment of interruptions - phone calls, emails, texts, Facebook messages, people dropping by, etc, etc rinse and repeat.
They can all seem equally important and demanding. We don't want to miss anything, disappoint…
A Mother's Foresight
Emotional intelligence is blah, blah, blah.
Wait, what?
As humans, we are encouraged to be emotionally intelligent; just two weeks ago I brought up the importance of being empathetic and how it can positively enhance a workplace. But…
Empathy
Empathy: The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
Not too long ago, one of my employees had to do what every employee dreads most: Call their boss to confess that they did something wrong. Prior to the event, I had told…