As I was scanning my email this morning, I expected to see a lot of posts on New Year’s resolutions . . . and I wasn’t disappointed. It’s a common theme, of course. No matter how last year went, there’s something “fresh” about January 1st. If we had a good year, we want to make […]
Decision-Making
Getting Unstuck (How to Make the Right Decision)
Several years ago, my son and I had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory restaurant in San Diego. It’s a great restaurant, but it takes me forever to decide on a meal because it has a 20-page menu – and everything is good. This particular night, Tim picked up the menu, glanced at the first page […]
When Life Goes Badly
One day, a farmer’s old donkey fell into a well. The donkey struggled for hours, but it was too deep. There was no way out. The farmer thought and thought and thought, but couldn’t find a way to rescue the old donkey. There was no solution. Since the donkey was old, and the well needed […]