Inspiration

Strong leaders don’t play it safe.

A flat color illustration of a person in a yellow parka climbing a mountain with mountain-climbing gear while birds fly in the background

There’s an old saying, “Nice guys finish last.” If you know me, it won’t surprise you that the phrase has a baseball connection. The Brooklyn Dodgers’ outspoken manager, Leo Durocher, coined the phrase in 1946 to explain why the New York Giants were stuck in last place despite having good talent. Known as “Leo the…

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What To Read in 2024!

man reading on a bench on a hill next to a body of water

In 2023, I decided to elevate my reading habits intentionally. Historically, I would, at best, manage to get through about 6 books in a year. Consequently, as each year concluded, I grappled with a sense of guilt, feeling like another year had slipped away without fully leveraging my intellectual capital. I not only failed to…

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Navigating the New Year

collection of vintage maps

Remember getting lost? It wasn’t that long ago that road trips meant having at least one folded map on your lap or a set of hand-scrawled directions taped to the dash. In the days before GPS gear, getting lost was pretty common. Especially if you tended to be a bit stubborn. Worse yet if you…

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