2023 in One Word
January 5, 2023
I hope your new year is going well so far. One of the joys of publishing semi-regular posts on this blog is that it provides a way for me to reconnect with friends from my past. I grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, and since graduating from high school, I have lived and made lifelong […]
2023 / Catholic High School / LUSD / MBUSD / PYLUSD / Resolutions / SLUSD / SMMUSD / Steven Covey
Big Rocks
June 9, 2022
Thanks for your comments on last week’s post on procrastination. Clearly my journey has been shared by many of you. I decided to re-read the 1994 book from Steven Covey that I mentioned last week – First Things First. I still love Covey’s folksy, sometimes corny, but always insightful and spot-on writing, so I am […]
Big Rocks / Covey / First Things First / Malibu Brewing Company / Quadrant 2 / Steven Covey
This Post Was Finished a Week Early!
June 2, 2022
I’m WAY less of a procrastinator than I used to be, but I wish I would have started training earlier for our bike trip this summer. When I was in middle school, I had serious procrastination issues. My science teacher once guided us through a science project for weeks. I remember coming home from school […]
Bike Trip / Checklist Manifesto / GTD / Procrastination / Steven Covey
On New Year’s Resolutions
January 6, 2022
What do I want said about me when I die? That was a question posed to me in Michael Hyatt’s Living Forward book. He encourages readers to write their own eulogy, then live their life so that they live up to those words. “By writing the eulogy as if it’s being delivered today, you may […]
Kenny Chesney / Michal Hyatt / New Years Day / Resolutions / Steven Covey / The Life