Today
“There are only two days of the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday. The other is called tomorrow. So today is the perfect day to love, believe, do and mostly live.” Dalai Lama,...
View ArticleBecoming A Person Of High Character
I heard a great talk by Rick Warren on becoming a person of integrity. He said there are practices of a high character individual: 1. Keep promises-Be on time. Do what you say you will do. Every time....
View ArticleHow To Be Patient
Here is something you may not know about me. From time to time, I officiate weddings. I perform the service. I marry people. One of the staples of the weddings I participate in is reading a Bible...
View ArticleA Tale of Hope And Effort
A business partner sent me this story today: Two frogs fell into a deep cream bowl. One was an optimistic soul. The other took the gloomy view: “We’ll drown,” he cried, without more ado; So, with a...
View ArticleThe Importance Of A Positive Self Image
One of my friends told me about an exercise. A woman described herself to a criminal sketch artist. The artist didn’t know it was her. The woman never looked at the drawing. A friend came in next to...
View ArticleLou Holtz’s Formula For Success
I watched David Fehrety interview Hall of Fame football coach Lou Holtz on The Golf Channel’s show “Fehrety”. If you can find it on the internet or On Demand television I recommend it to leaders to...
View ArticleTake A Stand
Have you been following the story about NFL player Ray Rice and his involvement in domestic violence? He hit his fiancée, now wife, in an elevator and knocked her out cold. Initially, he got a two game...
View Article11 Traits of the Best of the Best
An author named Jon Gordon put this on Twitter. It’s worth repeating: 11 Traits of the Best of the Best The Best know what they truly want. The Best want it more. The Best are always striving to get...
View ArticleDon’t Hide Your “Light”
I’m a believer in self nomination. This is important to note. So many people wait to be noticed. The Bible calls it hiding your light under a basket. The hope of the “light hider” is that your talent,...
View ArticleBuild On Success
“Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don’t settle for them. ” Mia Hamm, USA soccer great. Hamm’s quote reminds us you build on success. You can have a great day, a...
View ArticleLosses Make Us Stronger
I listened to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s interview with Charlie Rose last week. He is ending his first term as governor and running for reelection. He is also promoting a new autobiography in...
View ArticleThe Importance of ‘Walking Straight’
My music genre of choice is Country. Lyrics are frequently “laugh out loud funny”, but sometimes poignant. I heard performer and writer Billy Currington sing a song yesterday. The refrain went like...
View ArticleThe Golden Rule: Why It Works
In my Bible reading this morning: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” It’s famously known as the Golden Rule. I bet if I asked you to recite it, you could. As I read and meditated on that familiar...
View ArticleAre You Ready For Heroism?
John F Kennedy, former President of the United States, was asked how he became a war hero. “That’s easy,” he said. “They sank my boat.” In World War II in the Pacific, Kennedy’s patrol boat PT 109 was...
View ArticleInspiration From A President
In an opening page of “41″, a book written by former President George W. Bush “43″ about former President George H.W. Bush, the son offered this description of his father: “The scene captured the...
View ArticleThanksgiving Blessings
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. With each year, my appreciation for the holiday deepens. I have so much for which to be thankful. I live in America, a place where most people in the world would...
View ArticleMistakes; Steer or Fear?
It seems that the necessary thing to do is not to fear mistakes, to plunge in, to do the best that one can, hoping to learn enough from blunder to correct them eventually. -Abraham Maslow Maslow was an...
View ArticleGiving, A Path To Wealth
“You always will have what you give today. The more you give, the more you will have.” Dwight D. Eisenhower What did you give yesterday? Effort-Did you pour yourself into your undertaking? Did you...
View ArticleThe Joy of Blessings
This Christmas my sense of blessing is a bit sharper. I’m on a great team, surrounded by good people who try hard, produce good work and make a difference. I am grateful to you. Each one. I’m more...
View ArticleThoughts On Living A More Fruitful Life
I ran across this list developed in the 1960s by an artist and teacher Sister Corita Kent. I never heard of her, but her rules struck me as a way to consider how to live a more fruitful life as we move...
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