Realizing that no one was actually listening made me question why I was giving my nights and weekends to being a college radio DJ. So after a few weeks, I stepped down, but what to do with my time? A few guys on the floor were starting to play guitar in the evenings, and I managed to bring mine back after a weekend at home. Politely, one of them that I was tutoring through Physics pulled me aside and suggested that I might want to switch over to Bass …. as I was actually never going to be good on guitar… honest feedback that many years later I still Celebrate…
Leadership topic - Rock
Celebrating by engaging
As I headed west from Tyler, my destination was Dallas where I engaged in the fall of 1976 on my path to become an Electrical Engineer. One thing about engineering was once you picked which type (EE, ME, IE, etc), your class schedule was mostly set. To get through it all in 4 years, you had to take 18 hours a semester, and the classes were sequenced so your “planning” was mostly just filling in a few “electives” that were like ‘free spaces’ on the Bingo card. And being a good student, I ripped into the classes, including an 8 am MWF Statics class – a tough ME class required for all engineering majors…
A Decision to renew…
As I was reaching the end of Junior High, I started to feel like I wanted to renew my faith by...
executing Playful Decisions…
My 14th birthday came near the end of the 9th grade, as I was about to head into High School. One...
wonderful Decisions
So who are we… really? If you study Ancestry family trees or watch Finding Your Roots on PBS, you...
A Decision to observe…
When my father observed that I was interested in photography and actually reasonably good at it,...
partner Decisions…
Like everyone, I knew of Einstein, but the assignment was to give a live talk in costume for 10...
managing Decisions…
I have written before about my best friend in Junior High and High School being Jewish. It was...
Decisions to engage…
Having missed Texas History, normally taught in 7th grade while I was in Florida, I found myself...
The renewal of Healing
If you needed another reason to dislike Texas, it hosts all 4 of the poisonous snakes, in addition...
Healing execution…
Something that gets executed along with music is dancing. And generally speaking, that involves...
The Healing of wonder…
We moved to Florida when IBM started a facility there. Dad’s career needed a rotation through a...
How does observing Heal?
One universal comment from people of my generation about the current times is “Thank GOODNESS...
Healing partners
The first song that came on when I requested The Partridge Family is today’s offering, I’ll Meet You Halfway – perfect for the partner discussion. So exactly what does that really mean? When I was researching the song, various negotiation websites returned definitions of “halfway”, most of which made the point that it is rarely half of anything in a transaction. Actually, “partner” has the same fate – everyone thinks they know what it means, but it is rarely a common definition…