I think anyone who reads my content with any regularity probably has a sense that I am one who reads a great many leadership books and soaks in more than my share of non-fiction. Long time readers are likely to know that I have an affinity for the fantastical as…

I once heard an amateur activist chorus deftly adapt the 12 Days of Christmas into a powerful message they were trying to convey, by springing their message on the listeners-out of the blue-with a thrilling operatic soprano at the end. …and….a….p-aar tridge in aaaaaaaaa pearrrrr treeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! That got me to…

In these troubling times many of us have experienced change or loss. While the sting of those losses, some professional, too many personal and all deeply impactful, remains with us, we find ourselves facing the winds of change, off balance and chasing who we used to be. In the aftermath…

I have this “friend.” One of those special people that is supposed to be a mentee, instead she mentors me. She is a fan of these stories and thinks that I should not only keep writing them, but that I should be required to put a dorky picture of myself…

“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” Once, I thought all tension was “bad” or “negative.” I was under the assumption that making others uncomfortable (or my making a mistake) was always a “mark against me on the scoreboard of life.” This could be because I…

As we grow older we have a desire to stare back at our wake,

One morning, as I tried to get back to sleep,

A Eulogy for Dominick Our 101 year old patriarch Dominick Demonaco was a brother, friend, in law, husband, dad, teammate, grandfather, great grandfather, great great grandfather and so much more who left a legacy of hard work and servant leadership. He once gave me some advice: “Be average Johnny, don’t…

The song Bridge Over Troubled Water by the legendary Paul Simon was written when he was listening to a great deal of gospel music. It was written as a “little hymn” according to Simon. For me, it is the perfect backdrop to a number of situations I’ve encountered in my…