As I write this, It’s Wednesday before the big Christmas holiday week, and (business) things have been slowing down since Monday. Fewer emails, fewer phone calls, and everybody off to holiday events. My first few years working solo, this caught me by surprise… and it was kind of depressing. I didn’t have enough demonstrated success (in my mind) to celebrate the end of the year, and I was surprised to find myself without the collection of planned, company holiday events that I had grown used to over the previous 20 […] Click to read more…

My 14-year-old son Evan was picked last week for his high school freshman basketball team. He didn’t make it last year, and it was by no means a sure thing, so we were all quite happy with the outcome. Evan told me how the coaches brought the kids into the office, one at a time, to share the news (good or bad), and that after playing with him a little bit, they finally said, “Congratulations, you’re on the team.” It’s a nice story, but knowing it could just as easily […] Click to read more…