Welcome

Welcome
I was born in Southeastern Idaho in December 1948. I grew up and have lived most of my life in Idaho, leaving the state on several occasions primarily for the purpose of furthering my education.
I married in December of 1970 and recently celebrated my 36th wedding anniversary. My wife and I have two adult children, a son and daughter. We have been fortunate and can proudly proclaim them as "good kids" through efforts of their own; both have completed undergraduate university degrees and are working in their chosen fields. As a family, we travel, camp, play music, frequently go to movies, and to this day enjoy humor and good fun.
My education includes three degrees in psychology from Idaho State University, Lone Mountain College and the University of Denver, though I have learned the most through living in the real world, trusting the senses as my basis of thought, strengthening the ability to think clearly, and building confidence to act on what I know.
My life's work focuses on the three areas below:
Individuality
Being fully in contact with the world around you.
Trusting your senses.
Knowing that your thinking provides you with the knowledge necessary to guide your life.
Confidently acting based on what you know.
Moving smoothly between the moment-to-moment situations that make up your life, guided by your core values and the basic principles upon which your life as an individual is built.
Feeling stable and satisfied, based on the results you achieve with your thinking and actions.
Relationships
Your relationships with others are peaceful, but not perfect, and that's okay.
Quickly identifying others like yourself, you are naturally drawn to develop relationships with them.
Recognizing that each person is a unique individual, you accept the fact that differences, disagreements, and conflicts are normal.
Accepting the above facts allow you to effectively manage destructive emotions.
Work
You own or work in a company made up of clear headed, thinking individuals--with actions that match.
Interpersonal disagreements are accepted as normal, and these individual differences are well managed by relationship savvy owners, executives and managers, and knowledgeable employees. These people are skillful in the art of effective relationship building; together their knowledge and skill benefits customers and company climate alike. Energy, otherwise unnecessarily wasted on chronically unresolved conflicts, is freed up and more fully directed at producing products and services that set high standards of quality in your industry, trade, or profession.
Companies provide individuals with the opportunity for productive work in exchange for life supporting compensation. Companies that encourage and support the thinking and behavior characteristic of strong individuals with good relationship skills produce better products and services resulting in greater profitability, solid company reputation, and sustainable long-term value added productivity. For most companies, these results are not obtained by luck. Results must be sought after. Their achievement is the result of knowledge and skills that are valued, taught, practiced, modeled, and consistently applied by the company's work force at every level.

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