The Reset Button

Last night I got a call from a good friend who was going through an ugly divorce. Her story was not new – twenty one years as a house wife with a slowly disintegrating marriage leading to divorce. Now she was an emotional “deer in headlights”, living on food...

Grit

I recently read a book by Angela Duckworth called “Grit”.  Basically, it says that success is substantially influenced by perseverance, “keeping at it” or “sticking to it”. Intuitively that makes sense. However, Ms. Duckworth...

The Report Card

School was out for summer and I was picking my daughter up for some Dad time. Normally Sloane was happy and excited for summer break in Florida, where she spends her days at the stables hanging with horses and other girls that love horses. This time was different. She...
Karaoke vs. Golf

Karaoke vs. Golf

I constantly receive requests for stories about my time in the Pacific Islands running the National Development Bank of Palau.  So, here is one of my first experiences. As the new guy in town I was invited by a couple of the local power brokers to join them for a...