We all know how hard it is to perform when we are under pressure.   Bottom line; expectations make things more difficult.  If we have no expectations we are always satisfied with the results.  Even bad results far exceed zero expectations.   I vividly remember Mike Tyson’s terror as a boxer on his way to […]

I almost missed my flight! Well… I HAD to visit the men’s room and there I was… … trying to get the electronic eye on the paper towel dispenser to “detect” my frantically waiving hands!  That’s when I heard, “last call for passenger Lon Kieffer flight 1185 at Gate H3.” It was then that I […]

We were all surviving!  If we just stuck together we would get through this; Safety in numbers.  That was the lesson most of us learned as children.  For me it was as a scared kid at Boy Scout camp doing survival training that I first learned the lesson:  Stick together!   The meeting was droning […]

Is it really one or the other? Could it be neither? Sorry to disappoint, but this blog is NOT about politics.  It is about Life, Leadership, Laughter and Learning.  For rhyming purposes, while reading, you must pronounce Liar as if you are James Carville and view the “R” as optional and/or partially silent. It is […]