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My Camden Road Trip
As I told you yesterday, I spent Friday and Saturday in Camden, NJ. I grew up not too far from Camden so I do have respect for this city. Prior to about 1950, Camden was a prosperous industrial city mainly due to its manufacturing. But as manufacturing declined,...
Motivational Monday!
I spent Friday and Saturday with the most extraordinary people in the most unexpected place—Camden, NJ. I attended the UrbanPromise International Summit along with our semi-annual board retreat. We have over 34 affiliates in various parts of the U.S.,...
Friday’s Quote
"If you got a dream, chase it, because a dream won't chase you back." ~ American country music singer-songwriter, Cody Johnson, from "'Til You Can't" My dear friend, Jen, sent me these lyrics about a week ago after belting out the words to this song like a rockstar...
(Im)·possible
How many people do you think crossed the finish line in the New York City marathon on Sunday that, at one point in their lives, said, "I could never run a marathon!" Around 48,000 people finished. The youngest finisher was an 18-year-old woman and the oldest was an...
Having Blinders On
If I asked you about your boss, or even your co-workers, I imagine you could go on and on about all the things they are doing wrong and all the ways in which they could and perhaps should improve themselves, right? It's easy because we see it every day. We may even...
Jack Be Nimble
Last Thursday I hosted my Difficult Conversations live webinar again at 11 am in the morning. At the last minute, a non-profit essentially dropped everything to jump on the call. The whole team decided this would be a really good use of their time. They were an...
Motivational Monday
On Saturday, we were in NYC with our friends. It was "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles," except for us it was, "Ferrys, Bikes, and Feet." On our "Feet" portion of the trek, we walked across town on 23rd street for about a mile. This street was bustling as you would...
Friday’s Quote
"If you don't risk anything, you risk even more." Erica Jong If I had to pick one drum that I beat more than any other drum with my clients, my family, and my friends, it's the please-take-a-risk drum. I don't preach risk-taking as I sit safely tucked away in my...
Quiet Quitting – Part 1
Quiet Quitting is a widespread topic right now in the news and the numbers support its existence as well as its popularity. Employees are burned out. If Covid is, in fact over, then we must agree that there has been some serious collateral damage along the way. And we...
My Bad
I was listening to an interview with J.T. Realmuto after the Philadelphia Phillies big win in the first game of the World Series. It was the 10th inning and the score was tied at 5-5 with runners in scoring position, when the Phillies pitcher threw...