Leadership topic - Rock

A renewing Outcome

A renewing Outcome

Apr 6, 2025 | , ,

The summer of 1976 was full of global events. Bur for me, I had 2 remaining Outcomes to close before heading off to college.  First, ironically, I had gotten good enough at Student Congress – an actual NFL event – to qualify for the National Debate Tournament in Colorado Springs.  Second, I had been selected as an exchange student for the Lions Club to spend 6 weeks in Sweden.  The bad news is that those events overlapped.

execution Outcomes

execution Outcomes

Apr 5, 2025 | , ,

High School’s end was rapidly approaching, an Outcome we had all been working towards for 12ish years.  Our class was graduating in a momentous year – 1976 – the Bicentennial, so additional press coverage by the newspaper and local TV station was invited.  Over 3000 were gathered in the local Junior College auditorium for the event, including my own grandparents from both sides.  I was not… I was sitting across the street at a donut shop with a legal pad and a pen…. 

Outcomes to make you wonder

Outcomes to make you wonder

Apr 4, 2025 | , ,

Wandering through my High School years, I played a bit in politics.  It was an interesting use of my ability to speak and think on my feet. I was on the Student Congress as a Sophomore and a Junior.  I was not a very active member, but I loved wondering how we could get 30 people to agree to any Outcome.  I am never sure who or why, but someone nominated me for a very prestigious event, particularly in Texas:  Boys State.

observing Outcomes

observing Outcomes

Apr 3, 2025 | , ,

By my Junior year in High School, I had found at least the beginnings of who I was becoming. Now officially on the Debate Team, I spent the summer at a camp for Debaters at TCU. Yes… I am a real nerd who actually spent two weeks preparing, studying, and practicing the debate topic for all of the NFL that season…

Seeing partners Outcomes..

Seeing partners Outcomes..

Apr 2, 2025 | , ,

Texas is not friendly to mass transportation.  A mix of the frontier mentality, setting out to control your destiny, and then floating in oil, everywhere you go is in a car.  Particularly as you came of age, you would get your license and head out on the town… which I couldn’t until I was a senior in high school – an Outcome assured when my parents put me ahead a grade way back in Kindergarten.

managing Outcomes

managing Outcomes

Apr 1, 2025 | , ,

Coming of age in Tyler – deep East Texas – many things managed my trajectory through this season… and into the better part of my life. My parents didn’t let me “work” so I could focus on my “job” … to get good grades, the doorway to what would be coming.  Work hard, study hard, and that will pay off with Outcomes… which, to be honest, were pretty unspecific.