ALC - IOL

When Life Punches you in the Teeth Leading through crisis

I am not resilient.

When life gets hard, I usually do one of two things: I get angry and demonstrative,...

Listening to your Gut On Making Decisions

Each day is comprised of a multitude of micro-decisions. What to eat, what to wear, where to go, when to leave, what to...

And Get to Work.

Sometimes we think too highly of ourselves.

I blame it on team sports for young children. Every player gets a medal—the winners, the losers, the...

Michelle has worked as a customer service representative for almost two years. She fields calls and emails each day with tact, clarity and care. When she began, she...

Stop treating it like a luxury you can’t afford

Go hard or go home. You can sleep when you’re dead. Burn and churn. No pain, no gain. Burn that midnight oil. Nose to...

Serving God instead of Men

Great leaders are rarely great people pleasers. In fact, the two things are seemingly mutually exclusive. Moses is not known for being...

Quieting the judge in your head

Disney specializes in taking serious and heavy concepts and making them light and funny. It was no surprise to see this one played out...

What coaching football has taught me

I remember looking out at my team of seven- & eight-year-olds the first night we huddled after practice and wondered what in the...

The good and faithful servant.

When my three boys were younger, each time I took them to the grocery store, without fail, someone would approach me and say these five...

Why now is the time to buy

If you’ve never heard of the Silver Tsunami, you might think it’s a car, a Mitsubishi, perhaps. Or a fancy shake from Sonic with extra...