Vacation Bound

Getting packed up for the trip to St. Thomas. I always tend to over-pack, so I am taking out things as I think about them. And I don't want to pay to check a piece of luggage on the plane, so I have to think about this a lot. We will be gone for 8 nights.

Do I really need socks for every day? Probably better pack them, just in case. Uh oh, I can see where this is headed...

See you soon!

The End of the World As We Know It

I really wanted to get this blog post done before the rapture, so forgive any typo's or misspellings. It turns out that today at 6:00 pm (Eastern time, I assume, though I am not sure why God would care about things like our puny time zones) the beginning of the end will happen. At least that is what one person thinks, based on signs and calculations he has done.

To be honest, I am more than a little skeptical, especially since this person, who shall remain nameless in my blog, already predicted the same thing was going to happen in 1994. Which is why I choose to use my time to create a blog entry rather than to be reckless on this presumed last day.

Still, it is a good opportunity to talk about things that might happen in the future so we can be ready for them. As a coach, I say seize the day every day. Plans are great, and future thinking is great, and we have to live in the present and be fully alive each day. So my advice is to assume that every day may be your last, and do your best to make them memorable.

See you tomorrow!

Happy Anniversary

For the first time in 30 years, Kim and I are apart on the evening of our anniversary. I am in Williamsburg meeting with clients on the eve of a management training program. And she is at home. Actually this is not as bad as it sounds, as we are taking off in a couple weeks to St. Thomas together for our real celebration.

So happy 30th anniversary, honey! I don't know what you see in me, but I hope your vision never improves!

See you tomorrow!

A Lesson in Perseverance

May Day! May Day! We are all just getting used to living in a world without our public enemy number one. I don't know about you, but my expectation of our chances of finding Osama bin Laden were slim to none. Everybody knew he was hiding in a series of caves in the Pakistan desert where we would have almost no chance of tripping over him. I am glad the people who set out to find him did not assume like I did, and did not give up.

Of course our military performed exactly as we would expect and want in carrying out their mission. They are the best in the world! And I don't know about you but I am equally pleased that our intelligence workers were able to nail the exact location, even to which floor within the building. Great job, everyone who was involved!

And the timing had to be just right for all this to work out. This is a lesson in persevering that we should look up to. Focus. Plan. Execute. And never give up. Simple rules change your life.

Peace.