Getting Things Done — July 1st, 2025

by Art Dykstra | Jul 1, 2025 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership

LEARN A LITTLE: Getting Things Done Among the most valuable people in any organization are those who get things done—in the agreed to or acceptable manner. It’s amazing how often organizations will turn to an obviously busy employee, in terms of a time crunch or...

The Fitbit Fit to Tell Me What Kind of Day I am Going to Have— June 1st, 2025

by Art Dykstra | Jun 1, 2025 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership

LEARN A LITTLE: The Fitbit Fit to Tell Me What Kind of Day I am Going to Have Like millions of other consumers, I first bought a Fitbit as a step tracker, trying to be physically active and buying into the health goal of 10,000 daily steps. Beside that, I wanted a...

Pet Peeves or Pet Praises — May 1st, 2025

by Art Dykstra | May 1, 2025 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership

LEARN A LITTLE: Pet Peeves or Pet Praises Some friends and I were having a conversation about the little things that you experience or come across during the day that can really irritate or annoy you. Some, in fact, can be quite petty.   Our continued discussion...

The Stories We Tell Ourselves – March 1st, 2025

by Art Dykstra | Mar 1, 2025 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership

LEARN A LITTLE: The Stories We Tell Ourselves It’s a fact that we all tell stories to ourselves-all day. It’s how we interpret the things going on around us or happening to us. In fact, our stories shape our perspective of the world. In this month’s blog I’d like to...

Just Asking for a Friend – February 1st, 2025

by Art Dykstra | Feb 1, 2025 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership

LEARN A LITTLE: Just Asking For a Friend Like a lot of people, I’ve turned away from TV as a source for news and, for that matter, also newspapers, with the exception of the Farmers Weekly Review of Will County, Illinois. These days, it seems like you don’t know what...

What Happens Next? – January 1, 2025

by Art Dykstra | Jan 1, 2025 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership

LEARN A LITTLE: What Happens Next? Since it’s the beginning of a new year and our future is in front of us, I thought it would be helpful to truly have something important to think about. I think it really starts when we are about two years old and we think everything...