Occasionally, I'm asked by school principals how I'd recommend using our material to kick off the school year.
I recommend the following as the ideal plan (not knowing your budget or details abou…
My wife and I had an argument before work.
It was the kind of argument we could easily let bleed into the evening and the next day. We've been married 25 years so you'd think that might not happen…
Every day is an opportunity to practice and perfect our ability to
calmly accept and work with the frequent turns in our day.
Turns are part of the work. They're never going away…
When I hear a kid complaining about school or wishing for the weekend, I'll ask them, “Hey, why do you think you're going to school?”
Usually, they'll respond with either “I don't know” or “becau…
I was driving home from work ... frustrated and a little depressed.
I'd been working on something for months (for you) and just can't seem to drive it home.
I turned into my neighborhood and Ph…
Speak Smovish? Less useful than English, Spanish, or Chinese but much more fun.
These are some of the words that have naturally developed around Smile & Move since its introduction. (
What's Sm…
Be a better part of someone’s day.
I was
talking 212 stuff with a group of about 400 people from the Virginia Department of Corrections … unit managers, leaders, and parole officers. They’ve…
Be a better part of someone’s career.
Sometimes when I suggest some of the kindness behaviors leaders might want to
model for their people, I get the question about those nasty bosses whose o…
Do you know the fable ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes?’ I always thought I did, but it really goes much further than I knew (10-minute read, tops).
It’s about truth, conviction, and being valuable.…
