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Out of the Bunker

Out of the Bunker

In golf, business, and life, we can find ourselves in precarious positions. Sometimes it’s even hard to take a solid stance to swing without falling backwards!
Believe it or not, my best play was to hit it in the sand for an easier next shot. I was able to reach the hole in just one stroke over regulation and minimize “damage.”
Are you ready in business and life to hit your next recovery shot?

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Flexibility

Flexibility

I was recently going through old pictures in an effort to find a better way to store all the pre-phone images taken dating back to the 1960s when I was a child. Barb and I had fun seeing “old” pictures of our daughters dating from 1988 through their high school years. It’s amazing how much the granddaughters look like both of them!

I came across a picture of me as a 17-year old playing golf for the high school team. I was stunned to see how much my swing looks different today in one key place – flexibility.

As a 17 year old, I had the classic “Reverse C” in my spine; as a 57 year old, not so much. With age comes less flexibility. While I do try to exercise in ways to maintain it, it’s part of life to lose some as we age.

That’s not the only flexibility we lose as we “mature.”

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Are You The Drama?

Are You The Drama?

My mother lived with Barb and me for two and a half years before moving to a memory care facility. We were caregivers for her in the middle of her battle with dementia.

And it was a battle.

Maybe the better way to say it is that there was daily a lot of “drama.” This included arguing, frustration, impatience, bitterness, and sometimes a loss of composure. My mother’s consistent decline in mental capacity and the corresponding behavior was a factor in all our household drama.

But it wasn’t THE factor. Nope. The factor was something more odious.

I was the drama.

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Patience, Thy Name is Bella

Patience, Thy Name is Bella

“C’mon Bella!!!”

Well, it was something like that.

I did say those words and may have sneaked in a few more spicy ones as I went to wash my hands of the red, sticky liquid medicine that was now all over me.

Bella – whom you might remember eclipsed the great Captain Jack for escapes last week – had minor eye surgery. She was adorned with the famous “cone of shame,” and required regularly scheduled doses of Gabapentin to help with the pain from the surgery.

For those of you who have had to give similar treatments to your pets, you can visualize the plastic syringe-like vessel that you squeeze the medicine through “seamlessly” into the mouth. With Captain Jack, I’d just wrestle with him to get his mouth closed, insert the syringe in the side of the mouth and through his teeth and let her rip. He hated it, but it was pretty simple.

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What You Gonna Do?

What You Gonna Do?

How often are we beset with difficult situations that appear to be improbable to overcome?

My suggestion is that in business and life, it happens all the time. And much too often, people will get flustered with the situation, avoid “competing,” and end up using the situation as an excuse for failure.

These two young ladies didn’t do that. They assessed their situations, both of which were not a normal part of their practice. They got creative, committed, and then used their skills to make the next play and move on.

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Are You the Goat?

Are You the Goat?

The “Greatest of All-Time” is tough to define. It tends to be personal in nature based on numerous factors. And, it gets tossed about a lot, but generally in the direction of those who should be given consideration for it. We apply to often to athletes, other times to entertainers and artists.

What about the GOATS in business and life?

Are you a GOAT in your industry and career? If you don’t think so, who will?

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Now That’s Distracting

Now That’s Distracting

“Stop that!”

“Why are you doing that?”

“What the hell is wrong with you?”

That’s me. Yelling at me.

Well, scolding myself in a video that has already been recorded, published, and now pissing me off.

I was recently interviewed by a fellow Rotarian as part of a series of podcast-style videos on our vocations and years in Rotary service. Forrest did a terrific job of asking questions, none of which I knew in advance, which is my preference.

The indignity at myself wasn’t about my answers. It was about the annoying and infuriating thing I unknowingly kept doing.

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