Month: May 2026

On Tuesday I shared a story about the many uses of a plastic lid, well beyond keeping your leftover spaghetti from flying out of a plastic bowl. Using that lid to play peek-a-boo with a…

It’s a plastic lid. Or a hat. Or a noisemaker. Or a thing to try to hold in your mouth. Or, my favorite: a peek-a-boo starter kit. My grandson and I made that lid into…

I keep a little list on my phone that I call my Davy Affirmations. Here’s one of my favorites: BE IT AND YOU’LL SEE IT. It’s my antidote to the stale old “fake it ’til…

On Tuesday I told you about one of my favorite Davy Affirmations: BE IT AND YOU’LL SEE IT. If you want to be a writer, then write. Now you are a writer. If you want…

On Tuesday, I shared a special moment with you: being recognized for 20 years as a marketing professor at Dominican University. So what’s my superpower? Not getting fired? When we talk out loud, we can…

Over my shoulder you’ll see two framed letters. The first one tells me I would not be hired by Dominican University back in 2005. The second one tells me that I’ve been promoted to Full…

To answer the question I posed last Tuesday: Are mentors suckers? No way! Well then, why would you be a mentor, anyway? For the money? Nope. If you want money, be a coach or a…

That’s according to one of my students. How am I supposed to respond to THAT? What would YOU say? I’ll tell you my response on Friday. Your challenges are the beginning of your origin story….

On Tuesday I shared Albert’s story, and the unforgiving gauntlet that he had to overcome just to survive, let alone thrive. Albert had to fight through loss and instability just to make it out of…

Here’s today’s mentoring moment. I hope you find it useful. Your moment might come in the face of adversity. Not just one episode, but an ongoing struggle to succeed that feels like a fight for…