A Lesson In Critical Thinking From A Criminal Mastermind

A Lesson In Critical Thinking From A Criminal Mastermind

“You can convince anybody of anything if you just push it at them all of the time. They may not believe it 100 percent, but they will still draw opinions from it, especially if they have no other information to draw their opinions from.”¹ Does this sound...
The 10,000 Hour Rule

The 10,000 Hour Rule

An NFL game totals 60 minutes on the clock and it takes an average of 3 hours and 12 minutes to play. But do you know how much football is actually played in any given game and what any of this has to do with becoming an expert in your field? There are two sides to...
How The Job Stole Christmas And How To Steal It Back

How The Job Stole Christmas And How To Steal It Back

It’s Christmas, and you have to work. This inconvenient truth could result in an angry wife, disappointed kids, a hungry dog, or elated in-laws, but it doesn’t have to be that way. There are still things you can do to save your Christmas and fight crime at the same...
Why We Give

Why We Give

There was a man-sized hand print on the boy’s face, and he wasn’t even a year old yet. I had graduated from the Academy in late November, and by mid-December I was on the road with my FTO. One of the first calls I remember going to was a case of child abuse, the kind...
Avoiding Awkward, Embracing Change

Avoiding Awkward, Embracing Change

Some things should never go together. For example, orange juice and hamburgers. A number of years ago when my marriage was young and my kids were small, our little family was running late for church. Not the cute, Gee whiz kind of late, it was the ugly kind. There are...