Lessons Learned from Leading a Team

Being a leader is an interesting and challenging responsibility, but leading a cross-departmental team where influencing an already busy group of folks kicks it up a notch. For the last couple of months I’ve been leading an intranet implementation team for a global enterprise. I work with folks from several department from more than one […]

Castles in the Sand

This past weekend, my family and I scurried off to Port Aransas on the Texas Gulf coast. It is by no means the sweeping vistas of Big Sur, California or the placid white sands and blue waters of Florida. But Port Aransas was a nice sleepy little oceanside town to retreat from life for a […]

The Rhythm of Writing

Ever hit a dry spell in your writing? Was it a mental block, life distractions or just in a funk? I’ve never been much for a loss of words but noticed that the rate of posts this last week slowed-down considerably from the rhythm I’ve been keeping in the weeks preceding it. In my case […]

What I’ve Learned from Blogging in 100 Posts

This post is number 100 for thoughtsparks.net and to celebrate, I thought I’d write a reflective look on what I’ve learned from blogging to date. In its five short months in existence, this blog has gone through some evolution and yet has remained true to its original intent, "Igniting Ideas for the Common Good." I […]

I Take My Leave Dear Friends

The day, long in coming has arrived, departing to a land that is a drive but will be a flight from the drone of life. With mirth, marvel, mystery and myth, we venture off to a place much missed. What we will do is yet to be, what we will miss is small misery of […]

Like Fine Wine

A life well lived, which I hope mine continues to be, is like a bottle of fine wine. It really does get better with age.
Yesterday, I sat down and updated my resume and posted it to Portfolio. It’s something I try to do every year or so as I figure it’s just a good idea. […]

That Place

That place I go to when life throws a curve ball that I don’t catch. Sometimes it just smacks. That place is a song I play on the guitar, strumming "Jamaica Farewell". It’s a cold mountain morning, it’s the summer sun on an island beach. That place is a shade covered road in the hills […]

 

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