Two nights ago, it snowed. It has been three years since we lived out here in the mountains, and I must say, I still love it when we get blanketed in the white stuff. There are downsides; it is COLD, it feels like 90% of the drivers must have moved to the state from Hawaii…

Today was Martin Luther King Day over in the States. It’s not widely observed, so Ky and I decided to do our own thing. MLK lived an interesting life, full of ups and downs, soaring highs and crushing lows. Do you know who also experiences that regularly? The average cowboy competing at the Denver Stock…

We’re back state-side, and apart from getting better from a pesky illness, our main goal today was a mission to IKEA. I don’t love the Swedish behemoth (although I certainly don’t hate it), but I see why people do. It’s a company that really, really tries. They clearly have an army of people figuring out…

I am sitting on the tarmac at SFO, preparing to make our final leg to Denver, and home. It’s been 58 days since we were last in town. We’re very fortunate to be able to spend this time in Aus and NZ over the past two months. We have done and seen a lot: two…

It is our last night in Auckland. We’re staying with friends where there is a very, very good neighborhood restaurant, El Greco. It’s the restaurant everyone wishes they owned. Delicious, unpretentious, generous. The place is family owned, and you can tell who the owners are as they swirl around, check how you’re going, catch up…

Xabi Alonso, the (former) head coach of Real Madrid, was sacked this week. He lasted six months. This is not a post about football; it’s a meditation on leadership. In the past I have often used the example of “being the coach of Real Madrid” when thinking about leading high performing teams; it will often…