Hold everything! Us News & World Report just rated Iowa as the best state in the country to live in. There goes the moving to Michigan idea. Err, well not so fast. Here is their criteria and ranking among the 50 states: Infrastructure: 1st…. yes, great roads and not much traffic Health care: 3rd… Absolutely…
Month: February 2018
T -63 Days: Deck stain
One of the last things that needs to be accomplished before listing the house for sale, is to restain the deck. We had four long boards that needed to be replaced, so we bought the boards, stain and deck screws. A few days earlier, we had washed the deck. With a sudden temporary warm up,…
T -64 Days: Creative coaching
Another Coaching Example Yesterday’s post reminded me of my old high school coach when I was a just a freshman. He required all of his players to go through referee training and then referee elementary/junior high and intramural high school games. A great idea I have rarely seen duplicated since. The benefits were many: Actively…
T -65 Days: Coaching clean up
Cleaning up Had someone stop by and ask who they should see to get their office area vacuumed more often. I went out on Amazon and bought some cheap (but good $80 vacuum cleaners). Nothing at all wrong with taking a few minutes to vacuum your area at the end of the day, or when…
T -66 Days: Food geography
Some foods you never forget, and will always be associated with a specific place and time. Here is my list. To qualify, I must have actually lived there, and eaten it many times. Most can still be found, some are gone forever: Kansas City, Missouri… BBQ (of course!), so much of it, everywhere. LeMars, Iowa……
T -67 Days: Martin Manley
Martin Manley turned 60 years old on August 15th, 2013 Do you know the story of Martin Manley? Self proclaimed smartest person in Missouri (he had the test results). Prolific writer… thousands and thousands of articles published. Blogger. Famous sports statistician. If you are a long time Kansas City Royals or Chiefs fan, you have…
T -68 Days; Tax Calculator
I fully expect not to make money from writing in the first three years… maybe more… maybe ever. But still, I’m fully committed and my wife is fully supportive. The good news is we won’t starve, just need to budget much more than we ever have before. So I have been planning, estimating, recalculating everything….
T -69 Days: Kites and houses
The plan is to be in Michigan permanently by May 1st. The hope is to be able to move there in mid-April and just return to Iowa for my last few work days. My wife’s line in the sand is Saturday, May 19th. I have heard about the Great Lakes Kite Festival in Grand Haven a…
T -70 Days: Stop screwing around
Honest question. Do you love what you do? If the answer isn’t a resounding, knee-jerk, “Yes! I live for this shit,” then I encourage you to seriously consider doing something about it. That may sound extreme, but seriously, in 100 years you and everyone you know are going to be dead and your great-grandkids aren’t…
T -71 Days: Leadership against all odds
I actually work with some pretty cool people. One of them has presented me with book after book on servant leadership, building team culture and the impact of positivity in the workplace. I have been fortunate enough to have previous exposure to the concepts, and have lived them in a couple previous organizations. It takes…