Blog Repost: A Puzzling Solution

Dec 9, 2013 by Jim and Jerolyn Bogear

 

I wrote this post at the beginning of this year. Maybe you like to take the month of December to reflect on the past year. Here are some ways to think about 22013. ~Jerolyn

During the holidays, I have loved setting up a puzzle to work on with my mother-in-law. Now that she is gone from us, I still enjoy working on puzzles with my children. So right now there is a card table in my living room with an unfinished puzzle on it. (The one I chose was a tad harder than usual.)

As I’ve been working on the puzzle, I’ve been taking some time to think through 2012 and look at what 2013 holds. The puzzle is teaching me new ways to view the new year.

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Flying Together

Oct 7, 2013 by Jim and Jerolyn Bogear

As I sat on another flight waiting for us to finish boarding, the middle seat of our exit row was still open. Thy had said it was a full flight, so I was sure there would be someone about to walk down the ramp and into the aisle headed towards our row.

The possibility soon became a reality as one of the last people to board was the man who initially was only known as the guy who would fill the middle seat in our row. He was an airline pilot headed to his base location so he could work. As we talked he was literally going across the country…quite a commute.

I fly often enough to be comfortable with flying, little or no anxiety, and am still one of those that genuinely enjoys flying. But I must say there was something comforting about having someone trained and employed with the airline industry as a traveling companion. Sitting in the exit row and being asked if those of us sitting here can perform the duties if needed, I tend to scope out the others, to see if I believe they can actually do what they claim they can do in case of an emergency. Of course, I am confident I can, but on this flight the gentleman sitting by the window didn’t have my strongest vote of confidence. Probably a complete miss judge of “flyer character.”

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Sid the Sloth

Feb 19, 2013 by Jim and Jerolyn Bogear

Jerolyn and I were sitting on an airplane headed home from somewhere and a movie came on the screen. Like so many animated movies, once I chose to pay attention, I once again learned a few lessons from animated characters about us real-life characters.

In the movie Ice Age, Sid the Sloth is awkward, backward, coward, and about any other word ending in “…ward” you can think of that is not flattering.

BUT, that is partially what makes him so adorable. If you have ever watched the movie, you know kids and big people stop laughing at him, and start cheering for him.

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Healthy Organizational Leadership

Feb 12, 2013 by Jim and Jerolyn Bogear

 

This is a guest post by Phil Stevenson (Twitter is @philstevenson). Phil is President
of The SISU Group, an organization devoted to the equipping of leaders and
organizations, www.thesisugroup.org. He lives, speaks, and writes on leadership;
follow his leadership blog. He has written four books including Five Things Anyone
can do to Lead Effectively. Phil recently wrote a leadership lesson blog from our
latest book…Faith Legacy: 6 Values To Shape Your Marriage. We share it with you
today.

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Life and Leadership Lessons as College Recruiting Coordinator

Feb 7, 2013 by Jim and Jerolyn Bogear

For a few years I have had the opportunity to serve a highly competitive softball travel team as college coordinator. In other words, I was able to connect with college coaches about players they might be interested in to play at the college level. This happens in all sports, I have learned, and is a reality for those wanting to play college sports — to get their names and faces in front of college coaches. The recruiting coordinator will engage in the initial conversation, connect the college coach and travel ball coach and player, and help the player begin to initiate interest in the college if they so desire. There is much to go into this but that is a basic beginning scenario.

It was interesting to realize lessons that I could apply in life, leadership, and relationships…it really is all about relationships. Through these experiences and connections of building these relationships, I have learned a few things about life and leadership. Here I attempt make a few observations and then hopefully make it applicable to you for life…these are some simple direct comments that apply to any relationships.

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