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Through my love of writing, I have published two books and have several others in development. The purpose of my books is to help my readers get to where they want to go by offering ideas that have greatly helped me in my life and business.
These posts are written for you. Some are about life and some are about business. Who knows, they may inspire you to tell your own stories about your life and family to your kids and grandkids. Or perhaps they will help you to build your business. Anyway, these are some of the things that inspire me, and I enjoy sharing them with you in the hope that you’ll also find them meaningful. I welcome any suggestions you may have for topics that interest you.
Work Walking
Work Walking "Sitting is the new smoking." Anne Hathaway in The Intern If you haven't seen The Intern, which came out in 2015, I recommend it. It's a terrific movie, with wisdom, experience, and heart, and you can even watch it with your kids. But you be the judge of...
Scouting
Scouting "I am not what happens to me, I am what I choose to become." Carl Jung If you have the gift of reading someone's feelings from the expression on his face, you might decipher mine in the photo above. Standing on our driveway, about to depart to Scout Camp for...
The Baby Bed
The Baby Bed "A family is one of nature's masterpieces." George Santayana A baby crib came into the life of our family just before I was born. My parents were wild for antiques, so they bought a hundred-year-old baby crib in an antique store, to be my first bed. The...
It Pays to Be Nice!
It Pays to Be Nice! "The difference between the almost right word and the right word is the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning." Mark Twain My aunt and uncle had a cabin on a lake above Lake Tahoe. In the summers, I was lucky to spend a month there...
What makes you come alive?
What makes you come alive? "Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive." Howard Thurman The following story was contributed by my very good friend, Mike Kazanjian. My best...
The Royal Marriage
The Royal Marriage "The man may be the head of the household. But the woman is the neck, and she can turn the head whichever way she pleases." Nia Vardalos Recently, I became aware of the distinction between the royal usage of the word "we" and the typical usage of...
Begin with the end in mind
"Begin with the end in mind." Stephen R. Covey Is this among the best advice ever given on succeeding at just about anything? When we begin with no end in mind, we are sailing out of the port with no destination. Beginning with the end in mind gives us a target for...
The Three Steps
The Three Steps "We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses." Abraham Lincoln Have you ever noticed that some people can be difficult to get along with? Well, I have, and some of them are related to me. For instance,...
Happy New Year!
"Just remember this, when you think you have exhausted all your resources, you haven't." Thomas Edison Two thousand and twenty-one is going to be a great year. Why is that? Because we are going to make it so. We have a brand new year ahead of us, and it will be...
Can One Person Make a Difference?
Can One Person Make a Difference? "I was in prison, and you visited me." Matthew 25:36 A young man on the wrong path sat in a cell in San Quentin. His drunken, failed burglary of a small cafe in Bakersfield had landed him there. Another young man, once a rising star,...