Some days I feel like the old Dunkin’ Donuts commercial where the donut maker gets up at the crack of dawn and recites, “It’s time to make the donuts.” This happens day in and day out. Until one day he’s so weary, he meets himself in the doorway and meets himself returning from work saying, “I […]
“I thought we made a decision about this, but here we are in the same meeting, deciding the same thing again two weeks later! Why?!” If you’ve ever thought this, you aren’t alone. Most of us have been part of teams or organizations where you feel like you simply spin your wheels and never move […]
Proverbs 27:17 reads, “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” Proverbs are wise sayings And this particular proverb reminds us that we need one another to sharpen one another, to hone ourselves, our skills, our decisions. When an iron sword is sharpened, it’s scraped against a rough surface to scrape off excess and […]
My husband has a fantastic question he asks young people who come to him to learn more about the engineering field. When he asks them what kind of engineering, and they reply, “I don’t know,” he asks this simple question. “When you walk into a room, what do you notice and see?” Graduates, this simple […]
