by McDermott + Bull | Jun 8, 2021 | A Relationship Story, Jeff Black
”It almost makes you wonder what else you don’t know about yet.” — From the National Book Award winning novel Charming Billy by Alice McDermott We spend so much energy trying to be our best, when in reality, we are not ever our best because of what is yet to be...
by Tori Leets | Sep 16, 2020 | A Relationship Story, Jeff Black
I recently had an odd dream where I was sitting outside around what seemed like an unlimited number of people. Each person was holding a small bundle in their hands. Nothing special was going on, there was no obvious activity or purpose. Everyone was just sitting...
by Tori Leets | Aug 4, 2020 | A Relationship Story, Jeff Black
In our entire lifetime, our world may have never been as confusing as it is today. It is often made so much worse with the amount of information available to us. So, what are our choices? How can we make this work for us instead of against us? How are we looking at...
by Tori Leets | Apr 13, 2020 | A Relationship Story, Jeff Black
“…the emergency of dawn and dusk, summer and winter, the very cycle of the sun and of all the suns that were and were to come.” From the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday. Lately, the lives of “we, the healthy and fortunate”...
by McDermott + Bull | Feb 26, 2020 | A Relationship Story, Jeff Black
“…keep in mind that the purpose of freedom is to create it for others.” From the novel The Fixer by Bernard Malamud This suggests that our freedom is more than a fact or even a right, but creating it for others is also a responsibility. Perhaps not everyone will...
by McDermott + Bull | Dec 16, 2019 | A Relationship Story, Jeff Black
With new relationships, how can we know what really makes someone tick, the makeup of their true character? What can we look for as a reliable telltale sign? People are good at saying what others want and need to hear. As a professional interviewer in my executive...
