Believe it or not, I have completed 5 marathons. Yes, the kind of marathon that is 26.2 miles long. If you looked at me, you would not think I look like a marathon runner. In...
I think everyone is familiar with the question “Is the glass half-empty or is the glass half-full?” The insinuation is that those who see the glass as half-empty are negative...
Have you ever dreamt that you were back in college, the semester was at its end, and you walk into the classroom for the final exam totally unprepared with the realization that you had skipped...
I don’t know about you, but I’ve kicked myself repeatedly over some embarrassing moments in my life that have not only caused my face to turn beet red, it also made me feel the emotions...
Dave and I shared the same dock in the marina where we kept our sailboats during the summer on Lake St. Clair. We came to know each other out of our love for sailing and soon forged a...
Several years ago I was having an ongoing conversation with a business owner about my purchasing his business. It would have been a huge investment for me to coordinate with backers, but I...
One of my heroes is Martin Luther King, Jr. I remember sitting in the living room and watching him on our little black and white television. His fiery rhetoric, his compassion and his...
When I was in grade school, I tried out for every sports team and was cut from every sports team (see Getting Picked Last Sucks!). I loved sports and loved playing sports, but I did not have...
Everybody wants to be happy! When I’m smiling, I’m happy. When I’m laughing, I’m happy. When someone laughs at my joke that makes me happy. I like to...
General Norman Schwarzkopf once said, “You can’t help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.” General Schwarzkopf knew what many great leaders...
One company I worked for made it very clear that hitting or exceeding quarterly and annual revenue targets was not only expected, anything less was unacceptable! Persistent failure provided...
Two recent coincidences inspired the words you are reading right now. In a trip to Springfield, IL for my nieces wedding, I visited the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. I found the...
