There’s a saying that I’ve come to appreciate more and more. It’s “Work with the willing.” It sounds almost too simple. But I think it might be one of the wisest pieces of advice I’ve ever received. We waste so much energy trying to get everyone on board,...
Going to the Well: The Journey That Becomes the Destination The day before the opening of duck season, a couple of shooters called into the cellar door to taste a few wines. They were filling in time, waiting for the season to begin, and I was winding down after a...
The Power of the Default: Saying Yes to Life Recently, I received an email informing me I would be automatically registered for a Conference unless I opted out. I never choose to go to this event, and yet, every two years, the assumption remains the same: unless I say...
What We Remember Most It had been a week of shifting gears, literally and figuratively. The week began, as it usually does, with me leading and preaching at our Sunday church service. By Monday morning, I had transitioned from the pulpit to the vineyard, overseeing...
The Belarus Lives Again: Finding value in the unlikely I have an old Belarus tractor. Built in the former Soviet Union, it was never a high-quality machine to begin with, and time has not been kind to it. My mate Slim reckons it must be one of the last ones still...
