The pandemic in many ways took a year away from us. A lot has happened. When 2021 started vaccinations were just beginning. 2020 was a setback for our business. My friend and Hall of Fame professional speaker, Willie Jolley wrote the book A Setback is a Setup for a Comeback. His message made a ...
Lynnda and a I have done a lot of traveling in the last month. We have been in 8 different states. A few things are clear. Our economy is strong. There are a lot more jobs than workers. I wish I had a dollar for every “Help Wanted” sign I saw. Labor is a major problem for large companies ...
Last week Lynnda and I were at the Outer Banks in North Carolina with family. Our grandson, Cole from Florida flew up to spend the week with us and his father, our oldest son. Cole is a sophomore in high school. His parents have been divorced for some time. We talk regularly but because of the ...
This Thanksgiving week Lynnda and I are at the Outer Banks in North Carolina with our family. Coming here is always a reminder of what is important and what we need to be thankful for. After a year and a half of COVID it is a blessing to be together with family in person since everyone lives ...
Back in my days as a corporate manager, we were working to finish a project before Christmas for a customer. I was pushing my people hard. I thought I had solid commitments until things fell apart at the last minute because we couldn’t get a critical tool. My supervisor remarked, “I knew we ...
Last week I having specialty dental work performed. The dentist entered the room smiling, “I wondered if that was you on my appointment list, coach.” Chad is a former high school soccer player of mine. He was talented and had a great attitude. After dental school at WVU he moved to Colorado ...
Have you bought your Christmas gifts yet? This week at the Global Plastics Summit (GPS) in a session talking about supply chain problems we heard, “If you ordered something for Christmas that is coming from Asia, if it isn’t on the water now, it won’t get to the U.S. in 2021.” They ...
Two years ago, this month, I ruptured both of my quads playing adult soccer. For 8 weeks I couldn’t put any weight on my legs and was in a wheelchair. My occupational therapists taught me how to do many of the tasks I couldn’t do, like getting dressed and using a special tool to put on my ...
This week we attended a conference at Virginia Beach. After my run today on the boardwalk I walked down to the beach. There was a woman probably about 20 years old, walking on a tight rope that was set up 2 feet above the sand. I watched her walk almost the entire way across, about 40 feet, ...
I grew up in Pittsburgh. Most of my uncles worked in the steel mills. Many of my cousins chose not to go to college because they could make good money working in steel mills. They drove nice cars. I bought a Suzuki 90 motorcycle for $250. That was what I could afford and attend WVU. My Dad was ...