Father’s Day Tribute —- Updated March 21, 2016 with an incredible twist from just this past weekend. Find it at the end of this story………… Dads impart lessons to children in ways that aren’t always obvious. In reality, they teach lessons in life through their actions and leadership. Today, I was reminded of a day when … More The Five Leadership Lessons Of My Father
“It’s Easy, It’s Beautiful, It’s Simple, The Everlasting Sunday Glow” from The Everlasting by the Michigan band Taproot (photo from Frankfort MI) Just a reminder that we all need a bit of down time to be able to sustain a high level of performance over time. Your career really isn’t a marathon. It’s more like 26 one-mile … More The Everlasting ……
….. Steve Jobs quote from Sept 1982. Today’s Millennials are the pirates and the forces that are established to defeat can be navigated. The following are six tips on how millennials successfully work the Gen X and Boomer networks that control the resources they need …… Today’s Entrepreneur…Millennials in the Basement It’s lonely. The forces around you are … More “It’s more fun to be a pirate than it is to join the Navy”
Just a reminder that we all need a bit of down time to be able to sustain a high level of performance over time. Your career really isn’t a marathon. It’s more like 26 one-mile sprints happening one after the other. It’s important that between those brutal one-mile sprints that you rejuvenate and recharge in … More Hey, It’s Friday …. Chill
On a angry angry desolate Lake Michigan beach in mid-October, my dog Toby and I are getting our morning exercise running down the beach and desperately trying to stay out of the frigid water (about 50 degrees this time of year). A storm came in late yesterday and the wind howled all evening long. If … More it’s the craziest thing….or maybe fitting
Nothing better than a little hucking the bee in the evening on Frankfort MI beach
One of life’s simplest pleasures is to take a city dog out of the 108 degree heat and turn her loose on two miles of Lake Michigan beach on a crisp clear 80 degree evening. Hard to imagine Toby any happier than she is at this moment darting in and out of the beach grass … More one happy puppy
Ya’ll know what happens in mid May when you have college aged kids. Your whole life gets turned upside down as you enter a three-month period when you have a new housemate, in particular, a …….. food critic home decorator fashion consultant living breathing urban dictionary music aficionado party planner ………..all roll into one! I’m flabbergasted … More serenity lost
http://youtu.be/pWRJAHaOrYg Interesting isn’t it that we set our own boundaries. They (boundaries) live in us, in an imaginary state and they shape our foundation. So ask “how important is a foundation?” Think about your life as a pyramid. Isnt the height and size determined by the foundation? How strong is your faith? It frames your … More unbreakable faith = capacity
Alex, we miss having you around the house. I love it when you watch Ryan mow the lawn, or take out the garbage, or when he helps Mom with groceries. It’s just not the same without you! I do appreciate that you have allowed me to move into your bedroom as my new home office. … More son, we miss you terribly, well not all of us
Mike McNamara 