My wife and I have enjoyed watching American Idol for years. I missed the first season, but have been a big fan since then. Now that we're into the phase where America votes weekly on who remains, I thought it might be nice to reflect on some of the many lessons that can come from …
Category: Learning
Leap Year Lesson #365: You Can Learn If You Try
One of the enormous takeaways from writing a daily lesson learned for all of 2012 is the realization that it is possible to learn something every day if you try. Some days it's easy because you have been very intentional about learning some subject or pursuing something new. Other days it's unintentional and the particular …
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Leap Year Lesson #349: Dig Deeper For Understanding
As the nation deals with yesterday's tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, the long process of grieving begins. I appreciate stories from antiquity that tell of allowing long periods of mourning - a month or so - in recognition that grief isn't something that we turn on and then turn off like a switch mere days later. …
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Leap Year Lesson #342: Sometimes We Need To Learn the Same Lessons Over and Over
When I posted my last lesson about saying yes to saying no, I suspected that I had already posted something on the topic earlier. A search of the blog yielded the lesson from January 5 - Learn to say no. There is a lot of similarity in the posts, although they aren't exactly the same. …
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Leap Year Lesson #293: Do Things in Order of Their Importance
This past weekend was killer. That's why I'm now a couple of days behind on these posts. There was simply more to be done than ought to be planned for a weekend, but not all of it was within my control. When Sunday rolled around and I had several things still to get done, it …
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