What did you want to grow up to be when you were younger?  I know we all had amazing dreams to become an astronaut, a firefighter, or maybe even a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.  Don’t laugh there was a time where I might or might not have wanted to grow up to be a Ninja Turtle.  I mean fighting crime, know karate, and all I needed was some radioactive ooze to make it happen.  What can I say I had big plans.     As I grew older I realized that my lofty dreams of becoming a Ninja Turtle were not going to pan out.  So I set my sights just a bit lower and just wanted to Read more…

    Two books that have greatly influenced the way I look at leadership and parenting are the books QBQ! The question behind the question by John G. Miller and Good Leaders Ask Great Questions by John Maxwell.  There is even a great QBQ! book for the parent.  Both of these books are great reads and I encourage you to take a look at both of them as you look to better your parenting and leadership skills for your family.  Both of these books explain the most important things we can do as leaders is to ask questions.      Not just the easy questions, but questions that will make us grow to become more than what we are now.  John Miller states that “turning our Read more…