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“Son, you’re not going to catch the ball if you keep looking the other way and ducking.” I was getting frustrated the other day that one of my boys, who has just started playing Little League baseball, was not picking up on this concept of actually catching the ball instead of being hit by it.… Continue Reading
Have you ever seen an avalanche? Many years ago while my dad and I were driving up to go skiing in Winter Park, Colorado the state patrol stopped traffic so that an avalanche could be intentionally triggered. Had we known at the time that the avalanche was going to tie up traffic for several hours… Continue Reading
One day with my flight instructor as we started my commercial pilot certificate lessons, we were taxiing out to the approach end of the runway when I hit the brakes a little too hard. There is a difference in training to be a commercial pilot versus a private pilot, my flight instructor kindly explained. As… Continue Reading
For nearly 20 years I have conducted two goalsetting workshops every year as part of my aviation job targeting course at MSU Denver. I have helped literally thousands of people establish and articulate their goals, and develop a plan of action to achieve them, yet the majority still fall short. For years I have wondered… Continue Reading
If you’ve been reading this series you know that one of my favorite movie lines comes from the George Clooney movie, Up in the Air. Towards the end of the film he’s trying to convince his sister’s fiancé, who has gotten cold feet, to get back to the altar. Clooney reminds him that in anything he’s… Continue Reading
I love the line in Pitch Perfect when Anna Kendrick’s character tells Brittany Snow’s character to “Make good choices.” Of course its in reference to Snow’s character getting a little buzz on at a party, but its also just good life advice, particularly when it comes to eating and exercise (and Kendrick, the Tony and Academy… Continue Reading
As I wrap up the 50 books in 50 weeks series it dawned on me today that there are two movies I referenced frequently, Dazed and Confused and Up In The Air. The first one is the homage to cruising, sort of the American Graffitti for the 1970s, but it’s filled with all sorts of coming… Continue Reading
In my quest to read 50 books in 50 weeks and to blog about it, I had the opportunity to engage personally with many of the authors. One of those authors I reached out to was Mark Sanborn, author of the Fred factor, Fred 2.0 and many other wonderful business and leadership books. Mark is… Continue Reading
“How can I stand out?” It’s a question I’m often asked by my students (and graduates). In a world where many people are coming to the table with relatively equal qualifications how can anyone set themselves apart from the crowd? When I was growing up the way to stand out was to get a college… Continue Reading
I know that there is a lot of hype in the media and in the industry about the future of brick and mortar bookstores. But one of the things that still makes going to the bookstore special are the people who work there. Some of them are Fred’s. At our store there is one in particular.… Continue Reading