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Leadership, go ahead and lead. Do it. Watch what happens. How do you know when you are leading? When people start telling you what you should also be doing. So, you want to lead? Pick your fights the right way. As my boss always says, “What hills are […]
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This is going to be the tallest building in the world. There is an interesting history of buildings and building taller and taller buildings througout the history of the world. I grew up in Chicago and
Yesterday I realized that I am fully in transition between College Volleyball at St. Kates and starting the Elite Junior Olympic Club Volleyball at Minnesota Select. If you are not familiar, Junior Olympic Volleyball is a club sport that lets volleyball players from ages 12-18 play volleyball at a high level once their middle or […]
Yesterday I spent a very productive time with my friend Heather. Heather is one of the top volleyball coaches in the state of Minnesota at the elite junior olympic level. We are in conversation about a new project and venture surrounding coaching, Gallup StrengthsFinder, writing, and more.
We are working on a […]
I just finished a new book by the Gallup organization called “Vital Friends.” This book was a good quick read reminding all of us that we need friends to really like where we work. I have been in environments that do not lend themselves to friendships, even prohibiting people from being friends at […]
Tonight is the final game of our season which started in August. I am proud of this group of girls for sticking with the team and improving on last season. Tonight we play our arch-rivals St. Thomas in a battle of the former joined-schools. St. Thomas used to be the brother school […]
Today is the last day of practice for my St. Kate’s volleyball team. The Wildcats have one last game tomorrow and then the season is done. The season has gone by so fast. We are going to end up with 8 or 9 wins, way up from last year’s three wins. […]
Today I met with someone who reminded me why I started on this journey of going to seminary, leaving politics, etc. He reminded me that with whatever accolades I receive, whatever I accomplish, means nothing if I do not help people.
Thank you Brandon for reminding me why I exist. JVD
A headline from an ESPN.com internet poll:
Updated: Oct. 19, 2006, 2:30 PM ET
Poll: Half of fans don’t want Bonds to hit 755
My take:
Only half?
Sometimes in life it is time for new challenges. I am feeling that it is time for some new challenges in life. I can’t elaborate much more than the feeling / intuition, but I sense something is probably around a corner. Do you ever get that feeling of foresight? Maybe it […]