Hackles are “the hair or feathers on the back of an animal's neck that stand up when the animal is feeling threatened or agitated, or to the figurative meaning of making someone angry.” (Google) Our 6-month-old dachshund puppy gets her hackles up at everything. Like her, “We fear what we don’t know,” Anonymous. Last week …
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Cowboys Just Get Up…
There is nothing like being a freshman in college, living in a freshman dorm. It was there I met incredible friends. These friends were rodeo cowboys. They attended college, but their heart was riding on the back of something. These guys were bronc & bull riders. Their objective was to stay on the animal for …
“Get Your Pom-Poms Out!”
I love this phrase. Several years ago, I invited a good friend to speak at a leadership conference because she is an upbeat…find-a-way-leader. During her presentation on leading & supervising, she paused and said very firmly, “You need to get your pom-poms out!” Bam! She was speaking of the ever-increasing dissatisfaction employees have with their …
“Maybe He Won’t Know…”
Growing up on Andy’s Farm in the late 1950’s and early 60’s was very different than farming today. The primary weed & grass control method of that time was cultivation. This method was to drive a tractor pulling a cultivator between the rows digging up the grass & weeds. Cultivating soybeans is like threading a …
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