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Coffee and a photo round-up

Welcome again to another Friday morning photo post, I hope that everyone is doing well. We’ve gotten hooked on Black Rifle coffee. We’ve been drinking the Freedom Fuel, it’s a dark roast that is strong...

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Marcus Buckingham’s StandOut Strengths Assessment

Marcus Buckingham is offering his StandOut Assessment free right now and will be doing an Instagram session on the assessment at 12:00 pm PDT this Friday (April 24, 2020). I have enjoyed his...

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Two Motives

This excellent book by Patrick Lencioni helps us to understand the motive behind why we lead. Are we leading for the right reason? The right motive? Read More

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“Once you have tasted of the sky, you will forever look up”

Happy Friday! Can you believe that next week it will be May?! This week I went into my “archives” and found some of my sky pictures. The sky is my favorite photography subject of all. I find the...

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the true measure of success

"Leadership Lessons from West Point" Read More

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A drive along the Trace

Happy May 1st! This past Sunday the weather was glorious, so of course a drive was in order. As a good Sunday drive in the South, we ventured along the Natchez Trace. If you’ve never traveled any of...

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Friday picture round-up

Happy Friday morning to you all. For 11 to 12 years of my life I lived in the very southwest corner of Michigan which is, in my opinion, one of the prettiest states. To be fair, in my travels of the...

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There is always hope

Happy May 15th, the 136th day of 2020! Today I am sharing a few things that I have enjoyed recently and found useful. Also, at the end of the post I have included some of my collection of flowers. May...

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Organizational Network Analysis – what is it?

I thoroughly enjoyed Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall's book, Nine Lies About Work. Goodall has continued to produce some good videos about work that will make you think! In this video (3:30), he...

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Memorial Day Weekend

If you don’t look at any of the links below, I do hope that you will follow this link here : Memorial Day 2020. Here’s another well done video. The photos that I am including in this post are from my...

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Work/Life Balance – what does that mean anyway?

I hear this so often from the executives that I coach, and the myriad of articles written on the subject. So, what does this mean and why do we talk about it so much? Read More

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Last Friday in May Round-Up

Here we are, at the last Friday of May. Next month Summer begins, here in MS we’ve had the longest Spring in years. Here are some links to articles and stories that I have enjoyed and have been...

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Welcome June

We send out a bi-monthly newsletter titled The Chattahoochee Driftwood newsletter where we share some helpful links, quotes and then I input several things that I have recently found interesting. One...

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Leadership at the intersection of three authors

“In total, workplace environments in the United States may be responsible for 120 thousand excess deaths per year – which would make workplaces the fifth leading cause of death – and account for about...

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Friday photos and bread?

“Be the one: it's a choice. Live for others, not yourself. Allow the gifts you carry, whether abundant or scarce or seemingly absent, to flow from you to others who are in greater need." - Marilyn...

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Friday photos and a few ramblings

Here are a few stories/links for you to check out and enjoy. Standing far below a roof of green pine needles, wisps of light wafting through said needles, the air warm and muggy around you, and the...

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when your strength is your weakness

When your strength is your weakness. Read More

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Saharan dust, dentists, 1215 and birthdays.

Here are some links to a few things that I have found interesting this week. Massive Saharan Dust Plume Completes 5,000-Mile Journey From Africa to the U.S.I am sure that most people have seen this in...

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Finding your vocation – three questions to ask

What should I be doing? That is a question that many young people are asking. Interestingly enough, it is also a question often asked by middle-aged, and older, people. What should we be doing with our...

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Planners, music and the telegraph

Welcome to Friday! Here are a few things/links I’ve been enjoying lately. I have been using Michael Hyatt’s Full Focus planner for the last several years, not well I might add. I am definitely a fan of...

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