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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M67iuG1N6L4&w=560&h=315] A funny thing happened when I went to write my holiday special today. I found last week's Extra Points sitting in a draft status. Because I was at a client's location in Montana, I realize now...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWwcOHm5mZ8&w=560&h=315]   This past weekend, I traveled to Victoria, BC to meet with fellow Rotarians in my Rotary district to interview high school students put forward by clubs for an exchange program. The students...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6BqJkPk5RM&w=560&h=315] This past weekend in college football was Rivalry Week. In essence, it’s that weekend when arch rivals clash and fan bases get crazy. Sometimes, too crazy. I follow Twitter to keep track of all...

  Re-printed from 2018...Happy Thanksgiving! Being Thankful. It’s pretty easy to immediately think of the things I’m thankful for every Thanksgiving. My beautiful wife of 32 (now 33) years; my children that have grown into wonderful adults (and I include my...

As I turned in my final Kitsap Sun column for 2019, it dawned on me that this would be a perfect time to enlist ideas from my community for me editorial calendar for a new year and decade. As I begin plotting my topics for 2020, you can help me. What topics would you...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dudMBke88H8] I remember my first real television. It was the mid-1970s and this big, brown, boxy Zenith was in the center of the living room. We had exponentially less channels than today; the local affiliates of ABC, NBC, and...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYYuiNZjbUE&w=560&h=315] I'm preempting my normal missive to do something a little different. In past years, I've written on the history and significance to me of this special day. This year, I'd like to honor and...

As a father and grandfather, leaving a legacy has become more personally important to me. If you're a grandparent or parent of children under the age of 18 years old, you may have wondered what kind of lifetime impact you can make for them...I know I have. I'd like to...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvwHIfkT178] This past week, I invested a great deal of time on my strategic planning for 2020 and beyond. Coming off my excellent Mastermind group meeting in Whistler BC, my plans around revenue growth, business succession and...