WOW! I really cannot believe that it’s been more than three years since Jen and I began to challenge each other! It’s been a lot of fun, especially now looking back on all of the[…]

Let’s Start with Game Theory During a 2016 Live2Lead presentation, Simon Sinek (consultant, motivational speaker and author)1 shares his experiences speaking at leadership summits for Microsoft and Apple. At Microsoft he observed that about 70%[…]

Not much activity on the blog since my Antarctica trip; however, I would hate to forget about my Challenge updates. Jen and I continue to challenge each other each month, and December 2016’s challenge was[…]

Background: I just bought a new, sweet Canon camera, the first nice camera I have ever had and the first camera I have owned in over a year. It was in preparation for a long-awaited[…]

Background: Sometimes we forget to be grateful for all of the wonderful things in our life. They do not need to be big, life changing events or possessions… little things that happen to us on[…]

Background: It had been a while since I had been challenged to learn a language, I had only been dabbling in languages over the last few months with seriously studying them, and I had not[…]

Background: In November 2014 Jen challenged me to stop biting my fingernails for the entire month. It was a major success and for months my fingernails looked great. Some months later I started biting them[…]

Background A little over 2 years ago Jen came to Cusco with some friends for a visit… this gave us a chance to catch up and, as we do, talk about all sorts of super[…]

Background: We learn new things every day, but sometimes we do not really reflect on all of wonderful lessons we learn. Maybe we take them for granted, maybe it’s laziness, or maybe we do not[…]

Background: As I sit here eating a hamburger, I think it is time to reflect on my monthly challenge for July – 2016… to be a vegetarian for a month. I LOVE vegetables, beans, fruits,[…]