Editor’s Note: Lessons Learned
Our third-grade son begins each month with an ever-larger reading assignment. This month, the goal was 222 pages. For a sports-and-Nerfgun obsessed kid, let’s...
Editor’s Note: True Stories
Yesterday, I stopped by the local trophy shop to see about getting a part for my son’s soccer trophy. The tiny “showroom,” if you...
Editor’s Note: Making Hay
Having grown up in South Dakota, and spent most of my adult life in Minnesota, I have no illusions about Midwestern winters. They can...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Optimizing the Journey
There are moments that define our times. A peak of my existence (so far), happened at my son’s kindergarten graduation. The kids were asked...
EDITOR’S NOTE: What I Know
EDITOR'S NOTE
Shortly after Donald Trump declared his candidacy, I referred to him as “possible future president” in my September 2015 Editor’s Note. While I could...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Looking Forward, Together
EDITOR'S NOTE
As I write this on November 4, Minnesota is one day away from setting a new record for the longest growing season in...
EDITORS NOTE: Lessons In Growth
Our job, as parents and/or business-people, is to do our best to navigate the road ahead—and to somehow know when to say no, when...
EDITORS NOTE: Strength by Association
A lot of things have changed in the past quarter century, but I remain a firm believer in the unique role that our associations...
EDITORS NOTE: The Waiting is Over
The Waiting is Over
One week ago today, my town was hammered with 10 inches of snow. Today, the temperatures are forecast to enter the...
EDITORS NOTE: Reframing Reality
It’s time to challenge the conventional wisdom about our ‘faltering’ housing market.
March 2015 - As someone who lives and breathes this industry, I’m more...