Ready to Quit?
Perseverance, another one of our company values, is sometimes the hardest to keep, but it is often the most rewarding. Countless stories have been told through the ages about people facing formidable odds who persevered and emerged stronger on the other side. Many cancer patients live to tell their story years later about their struggles […]
Truth or Consequences?
Lying without getting caught is hard work. Growing up, too often I found myself caught up in my own stories. One little stretching of the truth led to two. Two embellishments led to four, and so on. After telling the story several times and watching it grow, I realized that I had created a “house […]
De-Clutter-a-Nation: A Path to Productivity
Time is one of the most precious commodities in our lives, if not the most precious of all, and it is one of the few things that we can never get back. Today’s lifestyles, however, are so filled with responsibilities and with clutter that we are just left chasing our tails as valuable seconds, minutes […]
Humility: Competitive Advantage?
Business student, Jim Collins, wrote a best seller several years ago regarding companies that transitioned from good to great. Employees of these companies described their CEOs as having large measures of humility and leading their companies toward sustained growth by doing what they could with what they had to make their customers’ lives better. Humility […]
“Do you play, Gladys?”
The Unsinkable Molly Brown was one of my mother-in-law’s favorite musicals. We loved to quote lines and sing the songs together at family meals. One of the frequently quoted lines came from during a social ball when Molly asks, “Do you play, Gladys?” “Why, no.” “What a pity!” Do you and your family play? Now more […]
What gets your family members fired up?
Motivation is essential if anything is to get done, but trying to motivate a family can be one of the most difficult and frustrating issues for parents. Where most go wrong is in assuming that everyone is motivated by the same things, and usually that assumption is based on what the parent finds motivating. While […]
Cup of Kindness?
Stories about giving often focus on sharing out of one’s abundance. But, what the cost? One of my favorite stories regarding sharing is from O. Henry’s Gift of the Magi. The author vividly explains how true kindness is routed in sacrifice as husband and wife each gave up their personal treasures for the other’s happiness at […]
Family Golf: Thinking Outside The Box
Sitting on the bleachers at her son’s baseball game at 7:30 a.m. on a rainy Saturday morning, Allison George, General Manager of Toad Valley Golf Course near Des Moines Iowa, looked around at the hundreds of other people who looked wet and miserable just like her. Everyone sat there in the cold to watch their […]
What’s Your Child’s Learning Style?
All kids (and adults) don’t learn the same. Just as kids have differing temperaments and personalities, they also have particular ways of learning. Three senses through which children absorb and learn new information are visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. Let’s look at how these senses apply to learning golf. If your child is a visual learner, […]
Got Patience – Yet?
Waiting for patience is tough. The more I want it, the longer it takes. Baseball players wait for the right pitch. Quarterbacks wait for their man to get open. Successful golf pros win because they wait for the right opportunity to press for a birdie. Patience is also required when you want to teach your family (or friends) to play golf. Trying […]
