Part of my frustration was not knowing what to do. I did not know what I did not know, what the other teens seemed to grasp in terms of how to engage ...

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Where are you on the “hero’s journey?”  This timeless framework—made famous during the 20th Century by the writings of t...

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2011 was a big “bucket list” scratch-off for yours truly; but, sometimes, I felt like I was scratching in the dark, searching for answers....

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Today I helped lead a strategic planning retreat, during which a key component of the work product was to keep things simple.  How does one "pla...

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Florida State University has changed a lot across the past 21 years. New parking garages. Beautified streets with limited access for cars. A football ...

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Here in Middle Tennessee, spring fever is alive and contagious. For several days we had temperatures in the 80s and fell under the illusion that summe...

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“It sounds so simple.”   Do you hear that innocuous phrase a lot, often at work but sometimes at home and even in houses of worship? Do you hea...

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Early this morning, 90-degree temperatures already baking anyone and anything outside, I had to pull a significant amount of weeds out of the small ga...

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