Becoming a Free Lancer
Do you ever have trouble making decisions? Especially big ones? That was me a year ago. Should I stay, or should I go? It was not an easy choice. I had been in higher education for more than two decades…
12 Books for Christmas: 2020
Two years ago, I started what I hoped would be an annual tradition, sharing with readers what I believed were the 12 best books for reading and gift-giving in the current year: 12 Books for Christmas. I wasn’t writing last…
Be Thankful, Regardless…
The world as we know it is over! No, I am not referring to the recent election results, the current COVID surge, or even my dismay over Disneyland not reopening again before 2021. It’s the end of the world as…
Choose Yourself
Well, it’s over! Your preferred candidate(s), especially for President of the United States, may or may not have won, but the 2020 Election is finally over! Or is it? No, this is not an article about voter fraud, mail-in ballots,…
Hard Things You Have to Do to Be a Great Leader: Part Four
Congratulations! You made it! No, not to the end of 2020 (although the end of this endless year is finally in sight). To the end of our popular four-part series “16 Hard Things You Must Do to Be a Great…
Hard Things You Have to Do to Be a Great Leader: Part Three
Welcome to Part Three of our four-part series “16 Hard Things You Have to Do to Be a Great Leader.” An anonymous email that was going around several months ago inspired this series, and I start each article with some…
Hard Things You Have to Do to Be a Great Leader: Part Two
Hi, my name is Jeff. Every anonymous addiction group meeting starts with this same familiar greeting. I know because I’ve attended a few. Turns out, several Disney Addicts Anonymous groups exist online, and they have never been more popular than right now.
Hard Things You Have to Do to Be a Great Leader: Part One
There is an anonymous email going around titled “16 Hard Things You Have to Do to Be a Great Leader.” Usually, I am not a fan of anonymous; however, there are a couple of exceptions. First, at Disneyland, tucked away…
You Think You Can’t!
As we get ready to enter the fourth economic quarter of 2020, I want to ask you a question: Is your business thriving or barely surviving? Are you sinking or soaring?
That’ll Work!
How many of you remember the Avis ad campaign, “We Try Harder”? I certainly do! And for good reason. The slogan launched in 1963, the year I was born, and lasted until 2012…almost fifty years.