Writings
You’ve Got A Friend
One of the great challenges of our super connected world is seen in a statistic that seems completely counterintuitive. Loneliness is on the rise. Weird, right? But it gets a little weirder. I just read, “The highest rates of loneliness are reported among individuals aged 16-24, with about 40% admitting
Who came up with that?
A few days ago I was chatting with my friend David. We live in different states now, and while we don’t agree on a number of things that are happening in the world, we agree that we are and will be friends. Still, when he began with “I want to
The lost art of conversation
When you visit a coffee shop or café, what is the one thing you absolutely, undoubtedly, expect to find — not counting coffee? Free Wi-Fi, of course. I mean, what’s the purpose of a coffee shop if not to take up room, jump on your laptop or phone, and disappear
You’ve been lied to.
When I was a young boy, my grandfather told me a story that was so amazing I wondered how it could be true. I said as much, and my grandpa said, “It must be true. I read it in Reader’s Digest.” And then he smiled. In life we find ourselves
Is There A Problem Here?
Just the other day I came home from a very full day of work and was informed by my wife, who knows these kinds of things, that the electronic lock on our front door was no longer working electronically. That information came with an unspoken request: Would you fix that,
Does good leadership make a difference?
For the past three weeks I’ve written about leadership, and while the response has been terrific there has been a question: What does leadership have to do with doing good? The answer is not immediately obvious. In fact, the relationship between doing good (as opposed to doing evil) and leadership
Why Is Leadership Hard?
Leadership, both in definition and in practice, includes a great deal of persuasion. As it happens, my personality profile results indicate that I am a “persuader.” When I first learned that, I wasn’t sure what to think of it. Later I understood that it was good, and embraced it. A
The Least Taught Occupation in the World
About five years ago I attended an open house at Grand Canyon University. I went in part to say thank you to GCU president Brian Mueller for speaking at a Do Good U workshop two days earlier. (We surprised him there with an honorary “Doctor of Good” degree. Do Good
Do You Need Balance?
Here comes the one and (I hope) only “big” word in this entire article. But it is an important word, so bear with me. Ready? Proprioception. It is pronounced with a pro, then a pre, then an uh sepshun, with the emphasis on the sep. What it means is the
Beautiful Good
While the world turns (to coin a phrase), many still notice that there are people on the planet who could use a little — or a lot of — help. Three of those are in this article. Every story will make you smile, will encourage you, and will lift your
How To Have A Good Day, Guaranteed
About twenty years ago American Idol did something I thought was terrific fun: they sent eliminated contestants off the show while showing clips of them, but the music playing was Bad Day by Daniel Powter. They just used the chorus, I think, part of which says You had a bad
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