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As You End the Work Week, Consider the Iron Law of Organizational Demise Because it Might Not Be the Economy
One of the most popular trends in a down economy is to blame everything on the economy. If business is bad, the future looks bleak, we can sit around and comfort ourselves knowing that everyone else is sucking wind because, of course, it’s the economy.
But the problem with that… More
Have you ever put the look of wonder and amazement on your daddy’s face? If not, why not?
I make it a point every year to be in front of the television when the acceptance speeches are given by the seven inductees to the Football Hall of Fame. Not just because I like football a lot, but because there is always a lesson in human achievement.
This year,… More
The Dark Secret Jerry Rice Revealed at His Hall of Fame Acceptance Speech That Should Have Shocked the World
What I’m getting ready to say, I say not as a pessimist, not as someone who sours on life, but as someone who wades knee-deep in the pain of average people every day. Too many of us allow the stresses, strains, and anxieties of life to rob us of our… More
Once You Lose, You Want to Stay Lost
I just came from a lunch meeting with a really great friend; the kind of friend who comes into your life and makes a huge impact. As we were talking through what’s been going on in our lives, we finally got around to discussing how much weight we had lost… More
Working for the Weekend: Why Can’t it be Different?
There are three basic issues in life, it seems to me.
- The internal me who struggles to be happy, whole, and excited about who I am and where I am.
- The relational me, the personal me, how I deal with navigating the relationships in my life.
- The public me,
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Dare to be Excellent at Everything You Do
You would think that with all the technology available to us, all the systems that allow for cheap entry into different spaces, that excellence would be on the rise. But oddly enough, it seems the opposite is true. How many times have you gone to a restaurant that claims to… More
The March of the Morally Moronic
One of the challenges that guys like me have in the current world is to communicate the importance of ethics and morality without sounding prudish, self-righteous, or condemning.
We live in a time I can best describe as the March of the Morally Moronic. Now I know that sounds like… More
Graeme McDowell: New U.S. Open Winner and an Overnight Success
It was good to see a “no-name” win the U.S. Open. That’s probably a little bit harsh but let’s face it. Who had heard of Graeme McDowell before yesterday – professional golfer from Northern Ireland who played his college golf at University of Alabama, Birmingham?
He went up against the… More
I’m Proud to be a Part of a City of Servants; and Here’s How You Can Help
I’ve listed below, some connection-points for those of you who want to get involved. Many of us have been working this week in Bellevue, River Plantation, Pennington Bend, and other hard-hit areas to help people recover.
We’ve had so many people ask us, “What can we do?” Here are… More
