I have had a passion for ice cream my entire life. As a proud son of America’s Dairyland, I have eaten ice cream longer than I can remember. I went to school at the home of the best ice cream in the world, in Babcock Hall, at the University of Wisconsin. Ice cream is very personal. People have their preferred flavors and textures. They may be willing to try something new, but they go back to what makes them feel... Read more

I used to believe that leaders were people who told us what to do. When I knew enough of the right answers, then I could be a leader, too. I have learned that leaders are not people who fill us with accurate responses to questions. They do not deposit what they have learned into us to earn interest from future generations. Leaders are about bringing out what is best in us, not pumping more things into us. They carefully help us peel back... Read more

Almost anyone who has read a detective story or watched any television program knows the power of fingerprints. Fingerprints are powerful and reliable clues because of two primary qualities. Our fingerprints are unique. Each person has a different set of fingerprints. Even identical twins can be distinguished through their fingerprints. We leave fingerprints inadvertently. We leave our fingerprints on whatever we touch. They are recovered more easily and clearly on some surfaces than others, but we always leave them. We each... Read more

I live in a culture that makes everything a contest. We take metaphors from sports and try to apply them to every activity of life. We live in a time when the language of athletics has become abbreviations to describe how we live. We have created a culture in which a Hail, Mary has become a football play. We turn designing, baking, singing, cooking, fixing household problems, dancing, running a business into contests. We watch stories about crime and justice,... Read more