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A podcast dedicated to making your life better. Hosted by C.C. Chapman, you are sure to find motivation and direction to help you do better at work and life in general.
Every day I wake up to a warm embrace and a wet nose from my youngest pup Jaz. She sits quietly next to my side of the bed first to see if I...
This summer was busier and more rewarding than I ever imagined it would be. The hours spent teaching, mentoring and managing the Wheaton Inn...
My long business career has included managing a variety of people. My shorter teaching career has included teaching a variety of students. T...
One of the most exciting aspects of being a manager is watching your employees grow and prosper. The hard part is that when you hire someone...
Yesterday, the rain didn’t want to stop and when it did a gray humidity stuck around to remind you that it wasn’t a day to be ou...
Watching a new team come together, gel and start delivering results feels excellent. Throughout my career, I’ve been lucky to be a manager o...
Sponsored travel journal post for Virgin Atlantic to celebrate their new #BeChoosy economy seating options . They paid for our London experi...
You can never know someone’s work ethic before you dive into the trenches with them. This past week, my team of Wheaton College Studen...
There comes a time with every team when you have to stop coaching, teaching or drilling and kick them out of the safety of the nest and see...
The answer to the question will always be no because there are endless new mountains to climb and paths to walk. Creative Quest is inspiring...
No matter what course I’m teaching, I always try to mix in life and career advice into my lessons. You won’t see me highlight these on the w...
Starting a new venture with students two weeks into what is supposed to be their summer break is tough. The last place they want to be is ba...
Life is too short, not to try the things that scare you the most. So, when I was asked what I thought about the idea of taking a handful of...
We’ve all been wronged. No one goes through life without being scarred by someone deciding to do something wrong towards them. But, wh...
Diners are my happy spot. The coffee is never great. The eggs always a gamble. But, I’ll take an order of homemade hash and eggs over...
Sometimes all you need is a couple of hours of conversation over a stack of ribs with a dear friend. Sometimes all you need is to get offlin...
Spring semester at Wheaton College is officially over. It was an eye-opening semester for me in multiple positive ways. I was hired to teach...
Six years ago today I was standing inside of Princess Marie Louise Hospital in Ghana holding the hand of a young girl named Mercy. Days late...
Earlier this week, tens of thousands of students around the country walked out of school to protest for changes in our country’s gun l...
These past seven days have followed a similar pattern that plays over and over. Outrage, anger, call for changes, finger pointing and then s...
Emotions are raw and hearts are heavy. Another school day in America ended with screams, blood, and gunfire. Since our paid-off government i...
Before the sun rose this morning, A Futile And Stupid Gesture was playing on the television. The coffee was strong, the dogs were sleeping a...
Technology is rapidly improving around us, all the while breaking us as humans. A century from now, historians and scientists will look back...
The final hours of another year. The ball will drop, people will kiss and tomorrow everyone tries to start over. I pondered making a video w...
December is my most reflective month. The end of the year. Another trip around the sun for me. The first flakes of snow and bitter cold in t...
The dominoes are starting to fall and while I’m glad the truth will finally begin to be known, I’m also angry that this is happe...
For the past year, I’ve asked numerous people the simple question of “Why do you write?” on the Why I Write Podcast . The...
This space has always been treated as an online journal first and any other word you might choose to call it second. I collect my thoughts a...
Dylan started college earlier this month. On the cross-country road trip, many stories were shared and advice given. He has a few years befo...
My beliefs are simple and set in stone. They’ve evolved over time as life experiences shape them like river rocks. I don’t judge...
In Amazing Things Will Happen , I talked about the idea of being a duck. The concept is simple enough. Ducks don’t care about the rain...
My iPhone vibrates and I quickly pull it out to see what the latest from Command is. As the designated Comms for the team, it is my job to s...
The heat of summer has rolled in. My least favorite time of year and one that I don’t mind rolling past as quickly as possible. Last w...
I’ve worked remotely for more years than I’ve commuted to an office. If my Internet connection is slow or unstable, I can’...
My week began with an early morning viewing of the new show American Gods . Last year, two trusted friends insisted that I read the book bef...
Time is flying by and while I refuse to start counting days, I know there are not many left. Dylan begins college in the fall and the emotio...
The moment you add an event to your calendar titled “Dylan & Dad’s College Road Trip” you know that emotions are going to...
Words have been hard to come by lately. No, that isn’t exactly true. There have been plenty of words, but I’ve been writing them...
Men and women are different. That doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be treated equally. Around the globe this weekend, on all seven co...
It is a proud moment in any parent’s lives when their child is accepted to college. The moment our son received his acceptance letter to his...
I’ve been outlining my keynote for next month’s IzeaFest and one of my scribbles reads “stop creating only to satisfy an a...
The calendars have been flipped and 2017 is upon us. A fresh start and we don’t know if the car is going to crash over the cliff, hand...
Letters pour off the hallway walls as you walk to the elevator. Typewriters hang on the wall and hold menus for you. You are not in some hip...
Out of all the things I create, I enjoy pulling together my year in photos the best. Scrolling through all of the photos I take and share br...
In our family, we know the importance of helping others. Our kids have been exposed this their whole lives through various fundraisers and a...
Emotions are impossible to perfectly put into words. The only reason we are able to even begin to encapsulate and share with others is becau...
Millennial Exhibitions has high hopes for their European inspired holiday marketplace known officially as ‘Boston Winter presented by...
When Thanksgiving leftovers begin to be annoying is when I become reflective. Looking back at the year that is beginning to end. Pondering o...
Sunday morning I sat and watched Brad Meltzer speak to a packed room of english teachers. He spoke of the legacy we leave and how we each le...
Friday morning I poured a cup of coffee, grabbed my phone, turned on the local news and plopped down on the couch the same as any morning. S...