I didn’t see the movie but I remember the line by Jack Nicholson to Tom Cruise … “You can’t handle the truth!!” My new bike was delivered this past weekend and my once first place status is now middle of the pack because I’m riding on a calibrated bike. Even...
"The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it." ~ Lou Holtz So we have been working on accountability at our house lately and I must say that Maleigha may be my downfall. She has a very creative way of...
My Peloton bike was out of calibration. I was finishing in the top 10 riders (out of thousands) consistently. A 53-year-old male, weight 230 ... in somewhat normal to decent shape doesn’t finish in the top ten consistently - so I complained. What I got was, last Friday two guys...
First to me – “Congratulations on surviving the two worst months of the year. Enjoy your favorite day – March 1st tomorrow – the furthest you can get from January and February.” Thank you and I will. I got back from skiing Utah Tuesday morning at 2am. My experience the...
We completed our 65th quarterly LDI last week. We started our Leadership Development Institute in January 2002. (I remember the first one vividly. We held it above the office of Edward Jones downtown Clarion. Part of the curriculum was to take the Myers Briggs personality test. I think it was...
We had a great day of learning and growth on Friday at our quarterly leadership meeting. We focused on the five dysfunctions of a team. We spent a lot of time working on the base layer of a solid team which is trust. The day included a lot of exercises...
My word for the week is calibration. Seems to be coming up a lot. I keep coming in at the top of the pack – in packs from 750 to 2000 riders – on my Peloton bike. (There is this “leaderboard” that tells you how fast and hard you are...
“Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it in other people’s hands.” ~ Roy T. Bennett We have been working on responsibility and organization at our house lately. Maleigha's mid-term report card came home and her teacher shared that she had opportunity in responsibility. She is apparently not very...
Huge pileup in Ames from the storm yesterday. I went through a pileup New Year ’s Day on I-35 at Story City – it was a dreadful debacle and it scared me. A couple of things – turn on your lights and slow down in bad weather. I have automatic...
Today is the last day of January, which ranks right up there on my list of favorite days. And the reason is that I hate January. My all time favorite day is the last day of February because it is the farthest away from January and February possible. “Why don’t...