Feb 28, 2025 | Stress Management
📖 The Wild Roller Coaster Ride A few years ago, I promised my son Joe that I’d ride a roller coaster with him. The year before, he wasn’t tall enough to ride the big coasters at Cedar Point, an amusement park in northern Ohio. I figured I was safe—a year was plenty of...
Feb 14, 2025 | Stress Management
This story is an excerpt from my upcoming book “Fry Your Chickens – Seven Strategies to Get the Chickens Inside Your Head to Shut the Cluck Up – coming in March 2025. It’s 1988. I’m in my cubicle, thinking about Beth—my coworker with the smile that...
Feb 2, 2025 | Stress Management
If you, like me, are a fan of late ’70s and early ’80s rock, you might recognize the subject line from the famous Meat Loaf song. If not that’s okay. This isn’t a music lesson, but it is a deep dive into a crucial lesson I’ve learned while writing my upcoming...
Jan 17, 2025 | Stress Management
We’ve all been there. You pour your heart into a project—a keynote, a book, or a big idea—and think, “That went great!” Then the feedback rolls in. Some of it’s positive. Some of it’s constructive. And then… there’s the kind of feedback that makes you want to rip the...
Jan 3, 2025 | Stress Management
2025 is all about focus. In this post, I’m sharing how I narrowed down my priorities to just three bold goals for the year—and fried everything else. Discover my approach to balancing work, health, and family while staying true to what matters most. Plus, don’t miss...
Dec 20, 2024 | Stress Management
Every Friday morning, I try to join the BA Cafe call with Business Analysts from around the globe. It’s a place where we discuss ideas and challenges—from work to random topics. Mostly random topics. This morning, the conversation turned to holidays and religions,...
