If you are like many parents, the teenage years hit your home like a tornado. In your child’s opinion, you went from being a Zen Master of all things related to life and morphed into their own real world version of Homer Simpson. This child who once was...
Continue ReadingHave your ever heard of the 10,000 rule? Malcolm Gladwell popularized the phrase in his book Outliers. The 10,000 rule is the idea that it take roughly 10,000 hours of practice at something to master it. You don’t become great by accident. Most peopl...
Continue ReadingYeah, I know. I wrote a book on technology for parents, yet I haven’t even been on social media lately. At least, I wasn’t on for a season, and I feel I’m all the better because of it. So here’s the story. For several months I took a socia...
Continue ReadingI was able to be “in the moment” instead of trying to preserve the moment. Life is filled with tens of thousands of moments. Most of those moments are the mundane and ordinary ones that give us a connection to others. Sitting in a waiting room full of...
Continue ReadingI was able to invest more deeply in a few instead of grasping for influence from the many. Recently, I read an article on a well known ministry blog. Speaking to up-and-coming leaders about the importance of social media, the author wrote, “If you are s...
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