Short Takes on Leadership – Preface
Volume XXIII, Number 29 (Issue 1138) | July 21, 2025 Short Takes on Leadership – Preface A long-time reader and friend, Bruce Jones of Austin, TX sent me the following note last week. I include it here in its entirety, with the author’s permission, because it is worth sharing and because it turns out it […]
That Is Going to Leave a Mark
Volume XXIII, Number 28 (Issue 1137) | July 14, 2025 That Is Going to Leave a Mark I am of an age where the slightest encounter with an immovable object can result in a bruise. And thanks to a couple of medications I take, those bruises seem to hang around for a long time. That said, […]
“Each one should test their own actions.”
Volume XXIII, Number 27 (Issue 1136) | July 7, 2025 “Each one should test their own actions.” This past Wednesday morning I encountered the following text from Galatians 6:2-5 during my devotional session. “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. If anyone thinks they are something when they […]
Goldilocks Got It Right… Apart From the B&E
Volume XXIII, Number 26 (Issue 1135) | June 30, 2025 Goldilocks Got It Right… Apart From the B&E Dateline: Old Edward Club, Highlands, NC I am sitting on a screened porch listening to the rain and thunder as lightening flashes all about. Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, it is a rain-cooled 75°. The rain has […]
“Prudential Algebra”
Volume XXIII, Number 25 (Issue 1134) | June 23, 2025 “Prudential Algebra” Prudential Algebra (aka Moral Algebra) are terms Ben Franklin coined to characterize the process he found helpful when he had to choose between two competing alternatives. It is a methodology he gladly shared with both friends and acquaintances when they too were confounded by the need to […]
Setting Expectations
Volume XXIII, Number 24 (Issue 1133) | June 16, 2025 Setting Expectations A few weeks ago, I shared that Sandy and I and our two dogs had moved into a hotel while repairs are being made to the main living area of our home. Those repairs were necessitated when a tiny plumbing leak went undetected until […]
Impaired Assets
Volume XXIII, Number 23 (Issue 1132) | June 9, 2025 Impaired Assets According to sources I believe are reliable, an impaired asset is an asset where the fair market value is less than the value listed on its owner’s balance sheet. Before you tune me out thinking I am about to launch into a discussion of accounting principles, that is […]
Is the “How” Standing in the Way of Your Dreams?
Volume XXIII, Number 22 (Issue 1131) | June 2, 2025 Is the “How” Standing in the Way of Your Dreams? Let me tell you a story centered around the following series of events. November 8, 1960 – John F. Kennedy is elected President of the United States. January 20, 1961 – John F. Kennedy is sworn in as the 37th President of the […]
Organizational Intelligence
Volume XXIII, Number 21 (Issue 1130) | May 26, 2025 Organizational Intelligence According to the Oxford Languages Dictionary, In-tel-li-gence (n.) is 1. The ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills; 2. The collection of information of military or political value. Qualifying intelligence with the term “organizational,” one wonders how much do any of us truly know […]
The Struggle to Know the Path You Should Take
Volume XXIII, Number 20 (Issue 1129) | May 19, 2025 The Struggle to Know the Path You Should Take Through the years I have sought guidance – often divine, sometimes worldly – on the course I should take. In the times when I was particularly lost, I prayed that God would place a conspicuous sign (a billboard to […]