An Uneasy Rest: The Grind, The Glory, and the Next Storm

Every day, get up, tie your shoelaces, hit the ground running. Claim your place on that roster. Make your mark on that storm. Lend your knowledge and wisdom to that person who suffered loss. Put in motion something others can cling to in a storm, believe in while working a claim, and build on in their own careers — your legacy.
Jim Carrey and the $10 Million Check. Dream Up!

Imagine yourself better. Imagine doing more. Imagine living on a higher plane. Imagine raising the stakes. Imagine hitting the jackpot. Imagine closing the deal. Imagine yourself in that house and neighborhood you love. Imagine your relationships fulfilling. Imagine. Dream. Up.
Seven Signs of Immaturity: How to Know if You Still Need to Grow Up

In this age of everyone knowing something about everything and everything about nothing–especially other people—we see a mad rush to judgment and a sharp division into extreme positions. Those who profit from clickbait and the derision and/or celebration of people and entities light the fire and fan the flame with endless persistence. The algorithm feeds the fevered frenzy and galvanizes the willing and unwitting masses.
Believing is Seeing: The real difference in the difference-makers

The cynic says, “Seeing is believing.” The visionary knows, “Believing is seeing.” Ordinary people trust what they can measure. Extraordinary people see what they believe is possible. As King Solomon […]
Simple and Easy: How to Make a Lasting Impact as a Claims Adjuster

Each Friday, on the Mid-America Catastrophe Services company review call, I am asked by the Vice President of Operations, who leads the call, to share a bit of wisdom going […]
Kings of the Road: One Team of Adjusters and Their Journey to the Mountaintop

“We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young.” —Lt. Gen Harold G. Moore We witnessed America the Beautiful from her shimmering seashores to her fruited plains and purple mountains […]
Seven Secrets Success Tries To Keep To Itself

LinkedIn is replete with secrets to success, because who doesn’t want the key fob to open the doors to success? The trouble comes when we cannot even agree on what […]
Success Defined: It Isn’t What You Think It Is. Or Is It?

I overheard a conversation this morning. I do not know the subject or point of it. I only know that I heard this one sentence and it sent me tumbling […]