My car Franky

“Culture resides in our minds, in the stories we tell ourselves”, so says Peter Senger author of The 5th Discipline.  If that is true, and it resonates with me that it is, then changing culture is about changing the stories we tell ourselves. Let me illustrate. One of the cars I drove was a 1995…

Happy birthday!

Today, we celebrate Philip, our second child, who was born on the morning of February 27 when we were living in Listowel, Ontario. Both of our children were born in this little town of 5000 people. He’s a skilled individual, a wonderful father, husband and son. He has a wonderful impact on our lives and…

The UP escalator

The down escalator is faster than the up escalator.  That’s the saying of a friend of mine.  The first time I heard him say it, I was caught off guard.  “What was that?  The down escalator?”  He was referring to the ability we have to accumulate debt versus our ability to accumulate savings. Compare your…