Cultivate Courage Blog

At best, it was awkward. Many years ago, I was on a business trip in Denver. I don’t exactly recall what the trip was all about. My meetings got done late and I was hungry. I opted to go to a chain restaurant very close to my hotel so I could eat quickly and get back...

The fog was as thick as I’d ever seen it. The old phrase “as thick as pea soup” comes to mind but I’ve never actually been in pea soup before so I don’t know if it was that thick or not. It was the kind of fog that makes you think of those pileups of 70-80 vehicles...

“The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to it.” This is a quote from Dr. Henry Cloud’s book Necessary Endings: The employees, Businesses and Relationships That All of Us have to Give UP in Order to Move Forward.  Today is a day I declare a...

Before you get upset or disappointed please know upfront this post is not an attack on either candidate or either party. Now, you may choose to either continue reading or not. I hope you will continue! Regardless of the outcome of last week’s election one group of...

The last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, Henry Ford had just created the Model T automobile and was selling it for $850. Literally generations of Cubs fans have been saying, “Someday the Cubs will win the World Series again!” https://youtu.be/b4LrTkWq9jU...

Recently, I have been having a fair amount of discomfort with my right foot and ankle. This is not a new issue but the pain in my foot and ankle has dramatically increased over the last few months. Finally, I decided to stop putting off the inevitable and decided to...