<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Happydog Consulting & Training]]></title><description><![CDATA[The difference is engagement.
The difference is perspective.
The difference is transformational leadership.]]></description><link>https://www.67happydog.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:27:34 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.67happydog.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Playing Through: A Retiree's Golf Lesson]]></title><description><![CDATA[First, some background. From ages 11 through 16, I worked as a caddie at the Country Club of Jackson. It was a 4-mile, 20-minute bike ride from home. I loved it and poured myself into it, often showing up 4-5 times a week. Considering we had to be there around 6:30 a.m. in the summertime, you could say I was dedicated. With all that teenage testosterone, the setting was a bit like “Lord of the Flies”. There were fights and puffery, along with basketball, penny pitching and ping pong, but...]]></description><link>https://www.67happydog.com/post/playing-through-a-retiree-s-golf-lesson</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a21c6a4aaa8d363bc43a5dc</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:47:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8f93ea_298e323e7684479aa4a87f60a3094748~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Patrick Bishop</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[To &#38; From MEL, with Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[Australia. The world’s sixth largest country with 27 million people and nearly 3 million square miles of land (about the size of mainland USA). The robust island continent is located in the Indian Ocean nearly 9,800 miles on the other side of the world from Grand Rapids, Michigan and 15-16-hours ahead of the Eastern time zone. It’s wild and wide range of arid deserts, rolling hills, Australian Alps, cliffside beaches, Great Barrier Reef, and lush rainforests are home to unique, iconic fauna...]]></description><link>https://www.67happydog.com/post/to-from-mel-with-love</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b72b75b77817bc0c9dda13</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 23:34:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8f93ea_e06b006975704e3786cb77f276ff7e5d~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Patrick Bishop</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oxford U (&#38; Me!)]]></title><description><![CDATA[A summary narrative of my visit to Oxford University, England]]></description><link>https://www.67happydog.com/post/oxford-u-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62f2aee4807d56b35d1dc133</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2022 00:47:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8f93ea_ed640b95d258414a83cdac5194d0b3cf~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_491,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Patrick Bishop</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Eat the Elephant in the Room]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Guy Walks into a Bar. We were having a few beers at Speciation, laughing at the title of a particular college course, called Social...]]></description><link>https://www.67happydog.com/post/how-to-eat-the-elephant-in-the-room</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61a52dfd7c9abe00164f33ce</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2021 19:53:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8f93ea_0e10e0139a084a618378a34869ceca61~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Patrick Bishop</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too Much of a Good Thing?!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Starting is the Hardest Part What color do you want to paint the living room? Here are your choices: 18 decillion (that’s an 18 with 33...]]></description><link>https://www.67happydog.com/post/too-much-of-a-good-thing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">615dc86828893c0016b44c4b</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2021 16:19:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8f93ea_9a425272c6d44e9f8e4db20102d17a00~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Patrick Bishop</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whispers of the... what?!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ineffable. It means unspeakable mystery. It means, too extreme to be expressed. It means, indefinable. Yes, that’s right. My next book is...]]></description><link>https://www.67happydog.com/post/whispers-of-the-what</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61447269d7c8500016e0c761</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2021 10:58:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8f93ea_e92c54577868475fb587262f8615249b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_900,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Patrick Bishop</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Very Good Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm on it It’s Friday, September 10. I’m a college professor and the last three weeks have been a blur. In addition to dealing with the...]]></description><link>https://www.67happydog.com/post/a-very-good-year</link><guid isPermaLink="false">613bb88beac36d0016c4ce0b</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2021 20:20:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8f93ea_bef70b13af114ec4b5b849a4c5f302d4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_564,h_706,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Patrick Bishop</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Strange Duty]]></title><description><![CDATA[Indigestional Psychic Reside. We all daydream, right? It’s a good ol’ unconscious escape from the everyday ordinary pace of life. Well,...]]></description><link>https://www.67happydog.com/post/some-strange-duty</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61814c466e30d40016848ae4</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 14:36:33 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Patrick Bishop</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>