For Leah, my oldest daughter, April 27 is shaping up to be one of the most exciting days of the year (next to her birthday and Christmas). Why? April 27 is Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work Day.
I think her excitement seems to be a mixture of spending time with me and doing something [...]

Think making a huge difference in someone’s life takes a herculean effort or a lot of time? Just ask Scott Hodge who not only rediscovered the power of a buck, but the power of simple generosity.
What I love about his later reflection is how this isn’t only a lesson for him, but for his kids. [...]

This post will be short (since it’s near my bedtime and I need to get up early to run), but wanted to let everyone know that I’m still here and writing…
I’ve been giving quite a bit of thought to the quality of tough-minded optimism and how difficult it can be to hold on to it. [...]

This post by Doug Manning of Proactive Living hit me hard. As a father of two girls (one on the cusp of hitting the pre-adolescent phase), I’m always mindful of how I’m doing as a dad. I immediately showed it to my wife and we both just took a deep sigh, which usually signifies a [...]

Don Blohowiak at Leadership Now has a post today called Coddlers. He writes about how twentysomethings just entering the workplace are not truly ready for its demands. He calls it the generation influenced by the evil twins called Needy and Fragility:

The managers lament goes something like this: These kids don’t want to take responsibility. They [...]