Much has been said this political cycle about the scant use of facts by the candidates. My own b.s. meter has always been fairly sensitive, so I know this is nothing new in politics. But this season is especially egregious. So bad, that the top contender proudly fact-shames his opponents simply by “speaking his mind” even as he contradicts himself repeatedly. For some supporters, this actually makes him more credible! “We don’t want no inconvenient facts to get in the way of

Picking up on the theme from my first blog post, Watch Your Backcast, I offer here a few more pithy piscatorial maxims from fly-fishing that can be applied to the business world and everyday life. With apologies to Tom Peters (author of the classic management book In Search of Excellence), I call my approach to management Fly-fishing to Excellence. I always wanted to write a best-selling management book, and this is as close as I am likely to get. I hope these are fun and eve

This blog takes its name from one of the first lessons everyone learns when fly-fishing. And its a lesson that carries over into other aspects of life. WatchYourBackCast is not just about fly fishing, it covers an array of topics related to how we humans relate to the environment around us. Standing in a stream, I can be utterly focused on getting an extra few feet out of my cast, trying to reach a rising fish. In that moment, I foolishly forget about the tree behind me, and