Month: June 2024
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Pedestals make lousy houses!
It seems like hardly a week goes by where a well-known personality, professional athlete, politician or pastor confesses to or is confronted with an integrity breach, moral failure, or questionable actions, resulting in personal pain, loss of prestige and position, requiring them to resign or be forced to step away from their roles and responsibilities.…
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Are you a thermostat or thermometer?
Are you more like a thermostat or a thermometer? A thermostat sets and controls the temperature in a room or space. It functions to manage and maintain a desired temperature. Thermostats serve as a manager or governor. A thermometer on the other hand is an instrument for measuring. A thermometer simply measures the existing temperature.…
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Talk to not about one another.
Ever notice folks have the tendency to talk about others rather than talking to them? Nothing frosts me more than finding out someone has an issue with me and rather than coming to me directly, they go to someone else and air their complaint in hopes it will get back to me. That is a…
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Difficult Discussions
Over the past few months both at work and in my personal life I have had to engage in several difficult discussions. Conversations requiring a significant level of confrontation. Usually, I am quite diligent when it comes to addressing sticky or sensitive issues in a timely manner. I had a lot of pressing projects going…
The Rest Stop 