You guessed it, I grew up afraid of both of them - nuns and red beets.  In fact, being 7th in a family of 8 children, I was afraid of lots of things. I like to call it “Trickle Down Terror”.  I don’t care for scary movies either. How do...

It all happened in the winter of 1989. I was playing rugby in Scotland in a beautiful city called Ayr.  Ayr is famous for a few things that make it a wonderful place to visit. They boast arguably the best salmon fishing , the best links golf , the...

Back...Back...Back...that rock's outta here! I got a real education in leadership, politics and team dynamics the summers between my sophomore and senior years in high school.  None of it had anything to do with me actually leading, but that’s...

Right Place Right Time with Dan O'Brien Before the 1996 Olympics My wife is driving me nuts. For those of you that know her, you know that she is a brilliant business development person, and the brains of the outfit.  But for 14 years she has been...

'Four Wheel Drive' - you're going to need it Right now, for whatever reason, I seem to be really stuck on remembering my freshman year at Syracuse University.  Could be because it was the year of my life when I discovered that all the awards,...