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What My Son’s First Grade Math Homework Taught Me About Cheating

I enjoy helping my son, Samuel, with his homework.  He's in first grade...so I still have the intellect to help him.  Now, next year will be a completely different story. The other night, I was sitting at the kitchen table helping him with his math homework.  He is working on plus 2's, as he calls them.  This is where he takes a single digit number and adds 2 to it.  So, this particular paper was filled with questions like 9+2 and 4+2, etc.  I'm sure you get the idea.  I'm also sure that you can now see why next year...

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How To Fail As A Coach Even When Your Team Is Winning

I am a sports fan.  I like to watch Football and Basketball mostly.  I am enjoying that my son is now at the age where he is participating in sports and competitions.  He plays baseball and takes part in a Bible quiz team that competes once a month testing their Biblical knowledge. As a coach, your leadership is on display for everyone to see - good or bad.  It seems to be much different than other forms of leadership because it is open to criticism in ways that we don't see in the business or non-profit sectors.  Decisions for a...

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Guest Post – The Good Men Project

On Saturday, I was honored to have an article on The Good Men Project's website.  Here is information from their "about" page: “The Good Men Project is a glimpse of what enlightened masculinity might look like in the 21st century,” the press raved when we launched. We had set out to start an international conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. And with over 5 million visitors coming to join in every month, it looks as if we’ve done exactly that. The Good Men Project was founded by Tom Matlack in 2009. Tom set out...

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