There's a Reason They Call It Work - Ten Lessons from the Trenches

"There's a reason they call it work", my Dad would say. "If it was fun, they wouldn't need a separate word for it." His point was that all jobs are a mix of things you enjoy doing and those you don't. If you're lucky, there are more parts that are enjoyable than those that aren't. As I approach my second Father's Day without my father, I've been thinking about his legacy and the lessons about work and leadership he taught me. He owned his own company, but was always quick to point out that he st...