I travel for work and I often post the pictures to Facebook, as I am leaving. People always comment things like, “must be nice”, “look at you”, or “wish I had your job”. I laugh and say sure. I am very blessed and am so grateful for every opportunity that comes to me. I work… Read More
One of my favorite things to do when I am on a plane, as we are landing, is look at my photos on my phone. Whenever I travel, I try to capture all the moments of fun and hard work. Taking a few moments to browse the photos of the trip I just had or… Read More
The last post I wrote was in July of 2022. At the time, I felt like I was converting the blog into a book, which might happen someday, however, the process is ongoing and I am nowhere close. There is this space between pursuing your dreams and attending to your career goals where my head… Read More
“We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.” ~John Dryden Ever wake up one day, look in the mirror and say, “Oh, hell no!” It has happened to me a few times on this life train. Once in my career when I could see the stress taking all the joy out of… Read More
Another year in the books. Deanna is headed to fifth grade. The desire to want a yearbook at a young age has always felt a little silly to me, until this year. Deanna’s school is being ripped down as they have built a new improved school behind the old. She is the last class to… Read More
I was recently at a work conference in San Antonio. The last night there was a party with dancing. At one moment, I found myself getting down to the beat, while my brain was processing in slow motion. You know that scene at the end of many movies, where someone is seeing reality in slow… Read More
Let’s close out the Spring with another quote. We are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because nothing is perfect. But we are going to relentlessly chase it, because in the process will catch excellence. I am not remotely interested in just being good. ~Vince Lombardi
“Excellence is never an accident, it is the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction, skillful execution, and the vision to see obstacles as opportunities.” ~The first half of that quote is from Aristotle, the other half is unknown. Either way, I have been in this place of working with my team on perfection… Read More
I strive for excellence each day, with myself at work, the girls with their schooling, dance, and music, and also with my team at work. At times I can be a bit overbearing, I know it, I am honest about it. But here is what I have learned in my 47 years of life: It… Read More
This past weekend Jarrod and I found ourselves talking about the difference between intentions vs actions. It started Friday night, we had company, Deanna was excited to share all her history books (12) and when our friend asked the question, “how many have you actually read,” she replied “4, but they are all great books.”… Read More