My Super Bowl Dream Came True!
“Wow, you were at the Super Bowl!? How was it???” That has been the most common asked question of me this past week. What can I say? Amazing! Exhilarating! Fun! A dream come true?! Yes. All of those. But I want to focus on that last one: a dream come true! If you had asked me when I was 10 […]
Continue readingWhat Coaching My Kids Taught Me About Myself
As I was driving my boys to football practice the other night, I got to thinking… I began coaching my own kids 10 years ago when my twins Dominic and Carly played co-ed Kindergarten soccer. I think back to then and realize the most difficult thing to do is coach my own kids. As an […]
Continue readingHow To Find Your Passion And Then Live It To Its Fullest
What’s your passion? That’s a question we’re sometimes asked, but we’re not sure how to answer it. Well, what do you love? What makes you happy? It’s a lot easier to ask than it is to answer. Deep down, we all have a passion, but it’s not so easy to find. There’s no day when […]
Continue readingHow Authenticity Becomes Its Own Reward
I’ve owned a janitorial company for 11 years. I was also in the process of writing a book about aligning my core values at home with my core values at work. The working title was Cleaning Up. Funny, huh? A janitor ‘cleaning up?’ The title was a double entendre. I know I should have bought […]
Continue readingLet Your Core Values Guide You
I was driving down the Rocky Mountains with my then six-year-old son, Teddy. I noticed the guide rails along the winding roads. We had just spent fifteen minutes at the Continental Divide–an impressive view. Before that, we’d been camping along the Colorado River. We were both exhausted. As I drove our rental car down the mountain, […]
Continue readingListening With Everything You’ve Got
I once attended a leadership class in Washington D.C. taught by Dr. Gerald Bell., noted lecturer and founder of the Bell Leadership Institute. He had printed on our graduation diplomas “To listen or not to listen”. Hmmm. Sounds like that might be the question. To listen, or not to listen? I speak Spanish as a […]
Continue readingThere Is No ‘I’ in Team, but There Is an ‘I’ in Win
There is no ‘I’ in Team, but there is an ‘I’ in win. Is that true? Do you need an ‘I’ to win? I have played on a lot of teams. I’ve played on great teams, and I’ve played on good teams. Only rarely have I ever played on bad teams. The reason I say […]
Continue readingThe #1 Thing You Can Do In A Conflict
When you’re dealing with people, conflict is inevitable. As the father of two sets of twins, I find this topic fascinating. There are usually at least two differing opinions on each topic: “This is mine.” | “No, it’s mine.” “Give it to me.” | No, let go.” Watching young kids in conflict, I often see […]
Continue readingWhat is the Difference Between Integrity and Honesty?
“What are you doing tonight?” “I don’t know, why?” “Well, I thought you could help me with…” “Oh, I forgot I have to bathe the dog tonight, sorry.” What is it about commitment that makes us tense up? Is it the fear of having to actually do what you say you are going to do? […]
Continue readingHard Work + Discipline = Accountability
I used to weigh 293 pounds. It was around the time my second set of twins, Teddy and Anthony, were baptized. I looked at the overweight priest doing the baptism ceremony and thought, “That guy doesn’t look healthy.” But when I reviewed the photos online of him holding Anthony and me holding Teddy, I realized […]
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