In the spring of 1994, a reporter working for the newspaper where I was editor won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. It took your breath away. Imagine a reporter for a small newspaper in New Mexico winning the most coveted prize among the tens of thousands of...
This isn’t precisely my group, but you get the picture. They’re Amazing with a capital A. There is a group of amazing people I meet with every month. Tomorrow is our meeting day: my favorite day of every month. I knew I liked them a lot, but I didn’t...
Dad is very smart. He learned to rethink an old problem Have you seen this video making its way around the social media channels? I have been one of those dads tirelessly pitching baseballs to my children and then chasing them down – either because they missed the...
“Great moments are born from great opportunity,” coach Herb Brooks said to the United States Olympic hockey team before playing the Soviet Union in the 1980 games. The prevailing opinion before the game was that the Soviets would win – and win by six or...
A big question the members in my Vistage group can always expect me from me is: “What was your role in this?” We believe in personal responsibility. I’ll respect the confidentiality of the group so let me illustrate with a story from my family life. My son in his...
“First of all, yes, you can certainly leave money to the people and causes you care about—but the truth is that those people and causes would be better off getting your wealth sooner rather than later. Why wait until after you die?”― Bill Perkins, Die with...
