by Rick | Sep 9, 2022 | Blog, Leadership Series
I would rather call people forth than call them out and recently had an opportunity to do so with a young man serving me a glass of wine. I’ll set the stage first. I took my wife to watch, “Where the Crawdads Sing,” for our anniversary to a...
by Rick | Aug 14, 2022 | Blog, Leadership Series
I have a small bookshelf designated for books that have changed my worldview; they are like small monuments that mark moments in my history that define who I am and how I think. They are books that, if you were to look at the titles, you would say, “Oh, that’s why...
by Rick | Aug 9, 2022 | Blog, Inspirational, Leadership Series
Society seems quick to call people out, but what about calling people forth? Calling people out is all negative and says, “I think what you’re doing is wrong and I’m going to put a bullseye on you so people can start shooting at you; me first.” Calling people forth is...
by Rick | Aug 4, 2022 | Blog, The Outdoor Life
“Go outside for a better inside!” Phil Taunton, the legendary Kansas outdoor advocate, coined that phrase which has become one of my favorite maxims for life. Going outside always makes me feel better inside. While some prefer exotic world travel as a vacation...
by Rick | Jul 23, 2022 | Blog
The musica universalis is an ancient Greek philosophy that the soul can feel the music and rhythm in the motion of the sun, the moon, the planets and the stars. I’m headed to the Rocky Mountains to spend a week getting as close to nature as I can – tent...