#Ask April 17
Dick Taylor is a Lumberton businessman who arrived in the community in 1952. He is a friend who I wrote about in 2015. He has many interesting aspects about his life including running and...
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#Confrontation March 26
I was asked a tough question last week. What leadership lessons did I fail at? My answer was short and painful, CONFRONTATION. The person asking the question gave me a back handed compliment by...
#Alchemist February 17
Yesterday I wrote about the importance of having a daily destination or WHERE. Two years ago I read a book that I revisited last week when I felt my sense of purpose and direction...
#Dependable January 8
We take so many things for granted that always seem to work. I started to ponder all of the DEPENDABLE items in my life. I started to realize that almost everything I thought of...
#Bored January 5
I think every leader has found themselves at some point in the midst of a BORED rut. I have often found that apathy or BOREDOM seems more prevalent after a holiday or vacation. Sometimes...
#Rearrange December 17
It is amazing when you just simply REARRANGE a thought, a phrase, or even letters how it changes everything. Social scientists have studied how changing our thoughts delivers big results. Just like in the...
#Graduation November 21
Today is graduation day for our youngest son Mack. He will receive his finance degree in aĀ drive by ceremonyĀ atĀ UNC Pembroke. If you are looking for something to do on a Saturday you can watch...
#Oracle October 20
Over the course of the past couple of weeks I have stumbled on to several articles profilingĀ Warren BuffettĀ who is referred to as theĀ ORACLE of Omaha. Buffett turned 90 on August 30th of this past...
#Actuary August 12
After Hurricane Isaias passed thru North Carolina I got thinking about insurance companies. What can an insurance company ACTUARY teach or guide us in decision making? The short definition of an ACTUARY is this....
#Expected July 24
Over the course of my life I have made my fair share of mistakes. One category of my many miscues is accepting a responsibility and then failing to deliver on what is EXPECTED. As...
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