Hey, good to see you again. Sit back, kick your shoes off and enjoy the story.All good things must come to an end, as somebody (I don’t know who) once said, and in this spirit, my stories too must come to one.
It’s been a year since I first sat down at my computer and typed [...]

It was late afternoon on a grey Sunday and I was in the kitchen preparing dinner. It had been a long weekend filled with lots of yard work, house cleaning, garage cleaning and the like, so I knew we would all welcome a good, satisfying meal. For that reason, I had decided to cook stew. [...]

A friend of mine has been having a difficult time the last couple of years. To be candid, he’s been having a difficult time since I’ve known him,  and that’s been longer than a couple of years. He’s had some business set-backs, a few financial blows and one or two personal crises, but each and [...]

photo credit: René Ehrhardt
I went shopping the other day. I needed to get some things at the hardware store. You know how it is, as soon as you’ve finished fixing one thing at home, something else breaks. Well, that’s how it is at my place at any rate. Consequently, I always like to have [...]

‘Isn’t it crazy’, he laughed. ‘Isn’t  it just wild?’
His eyes danced as he stood and gazed at the house. This house. Their house.
‘I can’t believe it’s ours.’ He laughed again.
Behind the house he could see the water of the lake lapping at the dock. Their first sun set would be spectacular. He smiled and put [...]

Times are tough, we all know it.
The economy is lagging, consumers aren’t buying, producers aren’t producing and many of our friends and family members, or even we ourselves, are unemployed or afraid of becoming it. We’re being pinched, pushed, tried and tested. Uncertainty abounds.  
In times like these it’s pretty tempting to become negative and begin [...]

I was flying back to Austria a few years ago after spending some time in the US. I had a long and complex flight schedule with tight layovers, but with luck and good weather I figured I could easily get all my flights and arrive home in time to get to an event I had [...]

Through my career as a recruiter and later as a coach/consultant I’ve had the opportunity to work with and learn from countless people from all sorts of different industries. I’ve worked not only with highly successful, energetic and enthusiastic individuals, but also with the worn out, disillusioned and listless. I’ve been inspired by motivated visionaries and challenged by disinterested employees counting the [...]