It was a beautiful sunny day. A light breeze was blowing and I was walking along a sidewalk. What conditions could make it better? Well for one, it would have…
I recently read an article by Sam Walker in the Wall Street Journal that had an amazing headline. That headline: “In a Life-or-Death Crisis, Humility is Everything” In the article…
We started off these two blog series with Paul’s text to the Corinthians. He listed the following items: Afflicted but not crushed Perplexed but not driven to dispair Persecuted but…
We’ve been looking at a text written over 2,000 years ago. A partial reading of the text says that we are afflicted in every way, perplexed, persecuted, and struck down.…
This is from a text written over 2,000 years ago. A partial reading of the text says that we are afflicted in every way, perplexed, persecuted, and struck down. Afflicted…
How do we face adversity? This is a difficult one for me to write. Mainly because I’ve been in my own set of adversities. Over the last several weeks I…
Truth, Love, Beauty, Unity. You’ve heard this several times from me as a saying from Aristotle. I actually use it for building teams. Truth – be honest with each other…
I recently read an article by Sam Walker in the Wall Street Journal that had an amazing headline. That headline: “In a Life-or-Death Crisis, Humility is Everything” In the article…
It was a beautiful sunny day. A light breeze was blowing and I was walking along a sidewalk. What conditions could make it better? Well for one, it would have…
“It’s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future.” ~ Mark Twain A friend of mine who recently retired and is now fighting cancer said to me the other day: …
You’ve seen me turn to Shane Parrish many times. I think he is one of the best “thinkers” around today which makes him my favorite blogger. Einstein Essentials In this…
The Essay This was an essay written by my granddaughter: “Bend your knees, watch the ball, steady swing. Good Job, you hit the green.” A very influential person in my…
Shane Parrish (my favorite blogger) wrote an article titled “The Four Tools of Discipline”. The four he lists are: Delaying Gratification Accepting Responsibility Dedication to Reality Balancing Dealing with Difficulties…
Neuroscientist Patrick Cavanagh says that “It’s really important to understand we’re not seeing reality, we’re seeing a story being created for us.” Brain Stories What actually creates these stories? It’s our…
Jamie Dimon has been a very successful leader of JPMorgan Chase for many years. He talked of the traits to succeed that I found very interesting. Traits of Successful Leaders…