Fighting The Right Kind of Giants

I went to a conference for entrepreneurs called The Thing, in Nashville and I took a lot of notes. The forthcoming posts are my way of unpacking these notes and give insight to the pivot I feel is coming. Terry Weaver, the founder of The Thing, spoke first and he said says “You have to…

3 Things A New Leader Should Never Do

I remember standing in front of a group of young people and uttering the words “There’s a new sheriff in town.” How arrogant, stupid and self sabotaging was that?! Even though I said it in a joking manner, the underlying truth was, I believed it. I believed I was the solution to this “problem”. It…

7 Steps To Creating A Life Giving Code of Conduct

Teenagers, by nature, are inappropriate. Their immature brains, sometimes, come up with terrible things to say and do without any guardrails or filters. I’ve never had to create a formal code of conduct, mostly because I’ve never needed one. The students who came to my youth group were mostly well behaved, I had a good…

I am many and one

I went to a 2 day entrepreneur conference called The Thing and will be sharing some thoughts over the next few weeks which I will call The Thing: Unpacked. Jeff Goins shared a quote from Anne Lamott, “I am all the ages I have ever been”. This is very true of me I’m still the…

Four Reasons You Are Where You Are

“Why am I where I am?” Have you ever asked yourself that? I have, more times than I can count.  The question might pertain to life or career or your place in a club or organization.  On my way to church I came up with four possibilities, although there are more. Lack of effort Not…

Being The Adult In The Room

Sadly, stories of teachers, male and female who have inappropriate relationships with their students, are too frequent. For every story that breaks on the news, there are probably a dozen that do not due to teachers quietly quitting and moving on. Teacher are not the only ones. Coaches from college level programs to professional programs…