Anyone else tend to fall in love with puzzles during wintertime? The recent puzzle my wife and I challenged ourselves to seemed to have similar shades of color all throughout the picture. The start of the puzzle was painful (at least for me) – trying to figure out what section to start with, separating colors…
The Kansas City Chiefs are looking to be the first back-to-back Super Bowl champion since 2004-2005 when the New England Patriots won back-to-back championships. With all the incredible teams and athletes year in and year out, why has there not been a back-to-back champion in almost 2 decades? 32 teams start each year with a…
One of the great benefits of working at Principal Financial Group is their workout facility. The workout facility has just about every option of exercise you can think of, including the opportunity to take bootcamp classes. For those unfamiliar with bootcamp classes, while each class is different, it typically is structured in the form of…
A pet peeve I’ve learned over the past couple years is it drives me crazy when my kids leave their lights on in their bedrooms. I get it, total 1st world problem, but I’m sure many parents can empathize. The other day I walked into one of my kids’ rooms in the middle of the day,…
The past couple of weeks in Iowa have been a flurry of snow and sub-zero temps. Towards the middle of this fun weather came a random day where the temperature got to 20 degrees. It was amazing how good 20 degrees felt. Strange to say how exciting 20 degrees is but when our benchmark is…
This weekend is a great moment of pause opportunity to reflect on a figure that transcends time. He represents leadership in his ability to make the greater vision come alive to connect millions of people to a common cause for progress. He displayed perseverance time and time again no matter what the challenges presented. He…
My Dad loved cooking big breakfasts. Whether it’s memories as a kid having sleepovers and waking up to a pile of pancakes and bacon for my buddies and me to devour or fast forwarding to recent years of holidays spent at my parents’ place with my kids getting to enjoy the tradition, big breakfasts were…
“Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.” – Chinese proverb Dreams are meant to be chased. Too often we see those dreams as something too far off in the distance. It can be scary at times, even deflating. All the work, time, sacrifice striving for the person you want to…
We are constantly faced with new information and change at a pace we have never seen before. Yet, as we continue down this path of rapid transformation, I realize so much remains the same. I’m one that loves quotes and appreciate how a simple sentence or two can represent an important life lesson. As we…
The morning started off with a car ride to school with the typical background noise of kids bickering and songs playing. In a rare moment of silence, I took a deep breath thinking about the busy schedule at work ahead. Then came one of the best comments I’ve ever heard… “I got revenge on life.”…