I think everybody wishes their parents were something else…cooler, nicer, just less…..them. When I was 15 and in high school, he wasn’t very smart. When I was 18 and a freshman in college, he began to show signs of intelligence. When I was 24 and in Southeast Asia, he was a genius. And when I was 30 and a husband, he became my best friend. When you choose your friends, you should make every effort... Continue reading

These are not interchangeable. We are faced with one or the other all the time and it’s important to know the difference especially if you are in a job search. Here are my definitions (feel free to disagree): We can control what happens when we come up against an obstacle. We can only respond to a condition. Obstacles are designed to go over, under, around or through. When something or someone is... Continue reading