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Waking Up in the Wake of the Racial Unrest
This is mostly my personal reflections on current events. I hope my thoughts inspire you to speak up respectfully about what you believe, with an open heart to listen to others who have different ideas from you. We are in the middle of a giant, dangerous racial...
Mother of Young Children Nearly Died by Suicide
Ever since that wiffleball game ended badly back in 1969 and I had to apologize to the scariest neighbor on the block for my bad language, my life has been filled with challenging conversations. I happen to enjoy talking about the hard topics, most of the time. You...
“Dealing”with Difficult People in Covid Times
We all have difficult people in our lives. Right now, for some of us, things are worse. Since March of this year, most of us have had our regular lives turned upside down. Dealing with difficult people in regular times is hard enough. And now we have to deal with...
Make your Zoom meetings great with this insight!
Sure seems to be a lot of advice out there. Seems like every email I get is from some business who is there for me “during Covid-19”. Are you getting those? Are they bothering you? Are you seeing lots of tips on having good zoom meetings? How to get the lighting...
Why I’m Worried About White Men
I’m worried about white men. I know this is a risky thing to write. White middle-aged men in particular. I know, you may think I’m a racist, or an ageist. Or fomenting conflict. From my point of view, I am genuinely worried about white-middle-aged men (and yes, in...
Happy Thanksgiving Day
First I wish to express my gratitude to all those who have supported my work in 2019. It has been an exceptional year for me, both my regular consulting work as well as the "Fr. Vito" show that is going on its fourth year. Your support, interest and care has really...
How I caught a 44″ musky on the 1st cast!
It was thiiiiiiiiis big! Ten days ago I went fishing in northern Wisconsin with my son Elijah. He is just starting college and I wanted one last trip with him before the weather turned. On the first cast of the day I caught a 44” musky, the fish of 10,000 casts. What...
Throwing Mashed Potatoes at Them is Not the Answer
This Thanksgiving it is possible someone will make a comment about something other than the football game or the quality of the whipping cream on the pumpkin pie. Maybe even the recent election. This could be challenging. We are living in highly polarized times, and...
This Is Not About Guns
This is not about guns. I do not know enough about guns to be an activist about guns. I do know about communication. It is about people speaking up respectfully and effectively when something is awry. This is my business. This is info about a confidential app to...
“MeToo” Movement
This is a tough article for me to write. I’ve been putting it off for a while and cannot put it off any longer. I’m nervous because I feel this is mostly a time for us men to listen. And I’m nervous that whatever I say here may be met by some with criticism.
