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As Bob Dylan sang, 'times they are a changing'. And my life is no different. I am not ready to share the details of what is changing, because I'm not actually sure of all the changes, but there is a major shift coming. In the last 72 hours the tectonic plates of my life subducted; and with the change in terrain, I must also change how I approach the daily grind. It all reminds me of The Great Chicago of 1871. I read about it with my kids in one of those epic "I Survived" book

Red at night, sailor's delight Most of my inner circle will tell you, I don't wait long to change something when I notice that it needs to change. It could be a painting. It could be my exercise routine. It could be the way I'm communicating with someone, or myself. It could be something in the business. If it needs to change, I generally invest a massive amount of thought and energy in observing and understanding the issue and then I make a change -- any change. This has man

Feed me first Over and over again, a theme I see in my life and is echoed in the lives of those I serve, is the 'thing you don't want but have'. Right now, I have a course with very few students, when what I want is a course full of students. All of us, no exceptions, and please come tell me if you think you are the exception, push against that thing we don't want. We work very hard to get it to go away. Or, we become lethargic and succumb to apathy as a way to avoid it. Or,

Slade teaching dance at OSU KidSpirit circa 2010 Before we start, yes, I used to have hair. But besides that, you know what I've always had, even when I didn't know I had it? A desire to teach. I often say that I was teaching kids when I was a kid. One of my first jobs was teaching dance and theatre at Children's Educational Theatre in Salem, Or. My second job was working at an eye clinic, but that's besides the point. This week as I wrestled with the beast of marketing and s