SPECIAL EDITION// AUGUST 20, 2021 LOVE IS LIFE “Life is Golden with 50 Years of Marriage.” I really don’t like making this about me, but yes, your Elevator Guy and Mrs. Elevator Guy (the lovely Ms. Teri) have been married 50 years on the day of this post. (August 20, 2021) Wow! Where did the […]

AUGUST 13, 2021 AWESOME LIFE In today’s society, I can’t tell you how many times I hear the word “Awesome.” (That’s Awesome) Yes, awesome is a wonderfully powerful word that is intended to “lift” both the speaker and the listener. While the word awesome gets thrown around a lot these days, I hope you can

AUGUST 6, 2021 USE TIME WISELY Our earthly lives are finite. None of us knows when we will hear that final; “Your Time is Up.” What are you doing with YOUR time? Are you trying to cram in every bucket list item by seeking pleasure and happiness or are you “taking the time” to learn

JULY 30, 2021 BELIEVE AND ACCEPT YOURSELF I once read; “You cannot rise above your belief system.” Being one that loves a challenge, I sat down and thought about it for a while. Being the big feeler that I am, rather than the big thinker which I am working on diligently, I had to be

JULY 23, 2021 CARE FOR YOUR SOUL Okay; Now for a little nostalgia. Being a baby-boomer, one of my favorite songs of all time was “Soul Man” by Sam & Dave; (Samuel Moore and David Prater)  which was released the year I graduated from High School in 1967. Of course, the “Blues Brothers” went on

JULY 16, 2021 A number of years ago when I was closing in on the end of my business career, I had an epiphany by way of a long-standing disagreement with one of my business partners over something insignificant today, but what seemed very important to both of us at the time. While we may

JULY 9, 2021 COACH OTHERS EFFECTIVELY Now that I am retired, I am able to look back and do an audit of what worked and what I needed to do in growing in my faith, with my family, and my business career. Since I am still alive and enjoying life, I realized that, in our

JULY 2, 2021 GET HAPPY BY GROWING We have talked in past remarks about being coachable in life. Yes, you might be the coach but that doesn’t mean you are done learning. We ALL have so much more to learn and experience in growing WHO we are and WHO we are becoming in this world.

JUNE 25, 2021 LEARN TO C.A.R.E. Last week we visited about being a “Coachable” team member along with some of my pent-up notes on coaching that I have tried to follow during my career. Not just for my business career but for my faith and for my family. We talked about the C.A.R.E. (Connecting, Achieving,

JUNE 18, 2021 CHARACTER VS REPUTATION As many of us think about sports or any institution, I enjoy thinking about the job of a coach and how he/she has to inspire, motivate, engage along with coaching their respective players on the team. Most coaches may be blessed with great talent and great attitudes. But how