Author: David

Let’s celebrate the birth of a genius this week. I’m talking about Miles Davis, legendary trumpeter, composer, and band leader, born on May 26, 1926. Let me tell you about an interview I saw on…

It’s easy to give advice. I think I find it easy to take advice too. But for me to heed the words that I say to others? Not so easy. So this one is for…

Let’s show everyone how we’re celebrating the end of the week! Post an image (you or a passable proxy) that shows how you’re feeling on this fine Friday. Me? Drawing the line today between “summer”…

Your comfort zone covers what you do every day. What you’re good at. What makes you comfortable. Like a merry-go-round, you’re moving around but not moving forward. In our illustration there is a crescent just…

How do you make your comfort zone bigger? Are you willing to step out of your comfort zone? Yesterday, I wrote about your comfort zone and teased the idea of the two crescents. As I…

How do you define your comfort zone? Your comfort zone: You know that phrase, we hear it all the time, usually preceded by “you’ve got to step out of…”. And what does that mean? I’d…

It’s easy to give advice. I think I find it easy to take advice too. But for me to heed the words that I say to others? Not so easy. So this one is for…

Let’s show everyone how we’re celebrating the end of the week! Post an image (you or a passable proxy) that shows how you’re feeling on this fine Friday. Me? Working on what’s next. Whatever that…

Graduation last weekend made me think of Mr. Beckman. He was one of my favorite junior high school teachers. That was quite a few years ago. Two things about him stand out in my mind….

Now that the semester’s over… At our students’ graduation ceremony the other day, a number of us were reflecting on the semester that had just concluded… with some discussion over how the students would evaluate…