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In the last few months I have been interviewed twice in very different contexts...and yet they are oddly related. The first I have been shy to share, but now, with the second, I feel it is a good time to share this personal story of sorts. There is an organization called Dads of Daughters, started [...]

We pay 10s or 100s of thousands to attend college. Some view this as a learning opportunity. If you go right after high school or shortly thereafter, it is a pivotal age of development, and in the United States anyway, students are often learning both in class as well as moving closer to learning how [...]

I just passed my two year anniversary of writing or sharing something here daily. It started to share stories and experiences with triathlon, then morphed to something else, and continues to morph. I'm not sure what this blog will become. Currently I'm all over the place, but I appreciate having a place to share thoughts, [...]

In some things, I think most of us strive for 'above-average'. We want to get A's and B's in school, as a C and below are usually considered quite poor performance. I want 5's on my AirBnb ratings, I would be horrified if someone rated us at 3, and I wouldn't stay somewhere with an [...]

Life is complicated! Employees used to have pensions. They didn't have to think too much about retirement because their employer (that they worked for their entire career) would pay them well until they died. Some employers still do, but many do not, and the nature of worked has changed. We need to start planning. And [...]

You have probably heard the saying: Don't ask what the world needs, ask what makes you come alive and go do that. Or something along those lines. I am continually in awe of watching others come alive at something. We truly all have different strengths and passions. It is easy to be doing something and [...]

I recently had a conversation with a neighbor about many local businesses she is aware of that are closing. But so many are also thriving. Others are starting. More will start, including some that will go on to become thriving businesses employing many, many people. It is a really crappy time for many industries, and [...]

We can stay and get upset or we can leave. There are always options about how we choose to respond.

It seems that some people are more naturally competitive. I am not one of those people in most areas of my life, and it is easy to look around and to convince oneself that to be successful, however defined, requires competition. I think it depends on you. For some, competition is what drives them each [...]

When I was a kid, I learned that to make assumptions makes an ass out of you and me. It was cute and funny as a kid, but I wonder if that lesson is not one of the most important in terms of how we interact with each other? Being aware of our assumptions is [...]