Friday Night Football

Friday Night Football

2-4-6-8 Who do we appreciate? Team name, Team name, Team name… You remember the cheer. You remember the thunderous applause at high school games. I’ve always known how important appreciation is. I often do appreciation exercises in my programs. Recently, I...
The Gift of Feedback

The Gift of Feedback

  Receiving feedback can feel like a gift, or feel like a hard slap in the face, can’t it? So I have a lovely neighbor who is full of love and light.  When she sees me, she always finds the positive to report on. “I love to see you pounding away on the pavement,”...
Paper Airplanes

Paper Airplanes

On the way to our sixth-grade son’s middle-school awards ceremony, we celebrated by going out to dinner. About half-way through the meal, he said, “I don’t know what the big deal is. All they give you is a piece of paper.” We suspected he...