Musings at Altitude

I spend lots of time studying other leaders and coaches.  Some I get to know through books and others I get to watch (a few I get to know) through direct interaction or dealing with folks in their companies or organizations.  The leaders I’ve been up close to include chief executive officers of large telecom companies, senior […]

As we head towards Super Bowl Sunday, we’re hearing now about “the spread” and the heavy bettors in this nation are tracking Pittsburgh as the 7 point favorite over Arizona. Over the last few years, I’ve been tracking the spread too, but not to place bets in Vegas.  Instead, I’ve been tracking the difference in […]

Today…the lady I have loved for almost 32 years has a birthday. Today…the lady who has dedicated her life to being a phenomenal mother, wife, sister, daughter, friend and now grandmother has a birthday. Today…the lady who has sacrificed her own personal desires and dreams to follow me from place to place as I pursued my […]

My wife is a fan of tennis, primarily during the major championships.  This week is the championship week of the Australian Open, and during our prime time we get to see the afternoon matches live from Melbourne. Last night, her favorite player was on the court, Andy Roddick.  When the match began, the temperature at […]

I can’t remember a time when sports provided such compelling drama that mirrors life and so clearly shows the will to overcome of the human spirit.  We saw that clearly in the Olympics as the entire nation watched Michael Phelps AND HIS TEAMMATES win those gold medals.  We also saw it so wonderfully displayed when […]

I just saw on money.cnn.com that Wegmans Food Markets has 2,000 job postings as of January 2009. Hmmm… Could that be a sign?

When I was a young officer in the military, I would tell people that when my career in the Air Force was over, I wanted to be the guy spraying tomatoes at the grocery store.  At the time, a good friend of ours was a store manager for Giant Foods, and we always smiled as he said […]

My 14 year old says that dictionary.com is my favorite web site.  That’s not really true.  ESPN.com and FoxNews.com get more attention from me, but I do like to see the definition of certain words and then think through what that definition means in the context of business today.  Today’s word is transparency. A few […]

I struggle big time with remembering things.  My wife says I just don’t pay attention and thus just don’t hear it to remember.  There’s some truth in that comment for sure, but I do believe I have memory issues. For example, I have attempted time and time again throughout my life to memorize Bible verses […]

If joy is the exhilaration of spirits and a happiness caused by something or someone good, then I offer up these examples of joy: (1) the joy of a grandmother with her grandchild (2) the joy of a mother with a child (3) the joy of a 14 year old getting something special (4) the […]