Moving Beyond Either-Or Thinking

Since I work on a University campus, I am surrounded by the ongoing dialogue about ideas and facts. I like the conversations, the varying perspectives, and the notion that there might actually be more than one way to look at something. In fact, when it comes to the development of one’s leadership capacity, I believe it’s important to grow in …

The Highlight Of The Year Was My Failure

We’re coming to the end of our academic year. Next week is Finals Week. This morning, during our Student Development Team Meeting, our Vice President encouraged us to go around and share one highlight of the year. As we went around the circle, I started thinking of all of the events, activities, and projects that went well. Yet when it …

3 Creative Ways I Come Up With Blog Topics

I’ve been blogging since January 12, 2005. I wrote my first post entitled, Making A Difference on my first blog (studentlinc.net). The site is now an archived home for my first few years in blogging. I switched over to this site, timmilburn.com a year ago. Since that time, I’ve written about 150 posts. As you may have noticed, most of …

Are You Playing To (Not) Lose?

There’s two types of skiers: those who ski to improve and those who ski not to fall. There’s two types of students: those who study to learn and those who study to pass. There’s two types of teams: those who play to win and those who play not to lose. While each of these is an oversimplified dichotomy that may …

My iPad2 Review

I stood in line at the Best Buy in Boise, ID on Friday, March 11 to purchase an iPad2. I got in line around 2:30pm (I was #9). By the time they started passing out numbers at 4:30pm, we had around 100 people in line. I purchased the 64GB, Wifi-only, black iPad2. I’ll explain why I chose the model with …

Why I’m Buying An iPad2

Yup. I’m buying an iPad2. In fact, I’m going to go wait in line at Best Buy for the 5pm release on Friday, March 11. I’m excited. Some of my friends and followers have asked me a simple question when I bring it up: Why? So here’s a brief rundown of my reasons.

Travis Milburn Interview – Fox 12 Boise

I suppose a dad can never be too proud of his kids. Travis is my oldest and his passion is racing cars. One of our local news affiliates put this interview together to go along with the national coverage of the Daytona 500. It aired on Sunday night, February 20.

Give A Smile, Get A Smile

There’s probably some scientific evidence to back this up somewhere. If you smile at someone with a genuine, heartfelt smile – they will smile back. It works 9 times out of 10. I don’t know if it’s an inborn trait or cultural conditioning. I know there are people out there a lot smarter than me who can answer all the …