I recently tweeted Michael Hyatt that I would love to hear him interview a woman in leadership on the unique challenges she faces as well as the strengths of women in leadership. Here's his reply. https://twitter.com/lagarfias/status/420629299914240000 I am not disappointed. As a father of grown … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons Women Make Great Leaders
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An Overview of Classical Homeschooling
Few homeschool methods elicit such strong feelings as classical homeschooling. Is it too hard? Is it intense? Isn’t classical education for the intellectual elite or “gifted students”? Is classical education even biblical? While unbalanced extremes exist in every educational philosophy, classical … [Read more...] about An Overview of Classical Homeschooling
What Walter Mitty Teaches Us About Introversion
One of my favorite short stories is James Thurber's "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty." I still remember when I first read it as a teen, alone in my basement, finishing up my literature assignment late one afternoon. I was enthralled. I would reread the piece a dozen times over the next several days … [Read more...] about What Walter Mitty Teaches Us About Introversion
Our Life Well Spent
Originally published here in 2010. There are so many reasons for today's mother to find inspiration and comfort from Charles West Copley's A Life Well Spent. This Victorian-era painting has many parallels in our homes today, emphasizing the nobility and necessity of a mother's Divine … [Read more...] about Our Life Well Spent
Risk It
I am excellent at assessing risk. Give me any plan, any product, any scenario, and my mind immediately jumps to what can go wrong or what is already wrong. I could blame it on my dad. As one of the first certified Project Management Professionals in the country, my father was mitigating risk … [Read more...] about Risk It
Just Give Me Time
I'm in such a hurry, I'm always breathless. Literally. I don't know if this is due to chronic, severe childhood asthma or the evidence of a stressful adolescence or the result of my hectic existence. Whatever the cause, I am perpetually hyperventilating -- breathing too fast. I quite simply don't … [Read more...] about Just Give Me Time
