Category: Life & Business
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Two-Month Check-In
Two Months, 52 Posts, and Still Swinging I started this blog on June 28 with one quiet story about burnt toast, tempo, and the power of small things. At the time, I didn’t know if I could keep up the rhythm. Now, just two months later, I’ve written 52 articles. By the end of August,…
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How a Better Fish Fry Helped Us Honor Tradition and Improve Service
When Tradition Meets Throughput When I first came on board at one operation I managed, one thing caught me off guard. There was no Friday fish fry during Lent. For a place built on Midwest hospitality, that didn’t feel right.So I asked why. The answer wasn’t about taste.It was about flow. The Constraint No One…
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How the Smash Burger Helped Our Kitchen Breathe
When One Menu Item Controls the Whole Kitchen When I first stepped into the kitchen at one operation I managed, I did what I always do when inheriting a system. Watch closely.Ask questions.Listen for the pinch points. It didn’t take long to find one. Nearly 8 out of every 10 orders were for a single…
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A Different Kind of Leadership Moment
Trust, gratitude, and a team that showed up when it mattered most What Happened This past weekend, we faced one of those situations you don’t see coming. A serious septic backup disrupted the clubhouse. Twice.Once on Saturday, again on Sunday, right in the middle of peak traffic. Dining rooms were full.Events were in motion.Stress was…
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Habits in the Golf Swing and Life
Habits don’t disappear. They wait. In golf, as in life, the same patterns have a way of resurfacing when we stop paying attention. In this post, I reflect on lessons from my mini-tour days, Xander’s swing correction, and a simple journaling practice that helped me see the game—and myself—with more clarity. The Swing Change That…
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Four Hours for One Lesson: A Swing Change, a Quiet Win, and a Grateful Heart
Summary:A long drive, a tired body, and one breakthrough moment on a muni range. I share a golf swing change that gave my son Jou a boost in distance—and gave me something even better: gratitude. For the game, for the process, and for the quiet wins that make teaching golf so rewarding. The Drive Was…
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Writing With AI: A Back-and-Forth That Sharpens My Voice
Summary:When I write, I don’t aim for perfection on the first try. I start with raw notes, then work with AI to shape structure, polish grammar, and test flow. What makes it powerful is the back-and-forth: I push back when something doesn’t sound like me, and together we refine until the story feels authentic. 1.…
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How I Cooked 5 Dishes and Rice in Under an Hour — Using One Broth to Tie It All Together
What if you could make a full family dinner in under an hour?Five dishes, a pot of rice, no chaos — and everyone goes back for seconds. That’s exactly what happened in my kitchen tonight. The secret? A professional cooking technique called cross-utilization that I learned in restaurant kitchens and at Le Cordon Bleu, adapted…
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Writing for Golfers, Writing for AI
Why I Treat Club Blogs Like a Well-Planned Round When I write a blog for a golf club, I’m not just writing for the golfers who walk our fairways. I’m also writing for artificial intelligence — the algorithms and systems that will decide if our name comes up when someone asks, “Where’s the best stay-and-play…
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From Fairways to Careers: How to Write So AI Finds You
How the Same Skill Works in Golf, Food, and Your Career When I write, I am thinking about more than the golfers who walk the fairways.I am also thinking about artificial intelligence. The algorithms that decide if your name shows up when someone asks, “Where’s the best stay and play golf in Michigan?” That skill,…