Snow Stops Work In Its Tracks and Rightfully So

During a perfectly productive workday, snow started to fall in Scottsdale. I peered though a window to barely decipher a few flakes falling against the horizon. However, more snow began to drop [...]

Don Shula – The Ultimate Representation Of Winning With Class

In 1985, the Miami Dolphins played one of their most significant games since I became an unconditional fan nearly 40 years ago.  The Chicago Bears visited South Florida’s Orange Bowl and [...]

Communicating In The Age Of Coronavirus: How To Effectively Talk With Employees

Our article first appeared in AZ Big Media. Even when times are good, companies often pour money and energy into communicating with customers before their own employees. This is one of the best [...]

What Are We Supposed To Believe?

We began among those who shook our heads in disbelief upon hearing that people are stocking their grocery carts with toilet paper at the store. We nodded in the affirmative when someone shared a [...]

Fans Cheer When Couple Who Stood During Styx Concert Leaves Their Seats

While standing in line to enter the theater, a man told me he attended a Styx concert in the 1970s. Inside the building, a woman explained this marked her 15th Styx concert. For most of the [...]

The Human Race Confuses Us

A 24-hour stretch starts with receiving an unexpected, late afternoon email from someone who argues you were the victim of a lie. You later try to fall asleep while impossibly attempting to [...]

His Purpose Is To Make People Happy

Sharing time with Doobie reminds us the world sometimes isn’t as scary as we fear. 

Are Dogs Actually Angels?

  One of the craziest moments for Loren and me involved our dog Molly. Thirteen years ago, we adopted Molly, a terrier-shepherd mix, at PetSmart through an organization called HALO. She rode [...]

Is Baseball My Personal Failure?

In tenth grade, I tried out for my high school baseball team. The several-day process made me miserable. During the school day, I sat in class, the apprehension of what approached later in the [...]

Remembering Krista Lake: Class And Generosity

Krista and I met working one of the most dreadful shifts in local TV news: Saturday nights. She was a producer. I was a reporter. While our peers pursued their weekend social lives, we chased [...]