Author Archives: Jim Gleason

When I was a child I wanted to be a professional baseball player. But I never put in the effort to achieve my goal. I played a lot of baseball but didn’t seek the conditioning and instruction to move ahead. Later in life I found a job that I liked and was somewhat good at.Continue reading “Worthwhile Pursuit”

“They can’t do that to me! I will show them!” How often have we uttered these words, or sentiments like them? How often have we allowed the anger within us to spill out, so that we exact revenge? A car dangerously cuts us off on the highway and the verbal venom comes out. A businessContinue reading “Mercy’s Extent”

I am a pretty systematic and organized guy. Therefore, I make plans for my day, week, year, and beyond. I think that my plans are pretty good. But as time goes by, many, if not most of my plans don’t come to fruition. Does that mean that my plans were bad? No matter how goodContinue reading “Secure Plans”

Now that I am well over 65 years old, I have to concern myself with Medicare and additional health insurance coverage. The problem is that I don’t understand insurance information at all. So this is yet another area where I have to rely on my wife. She doesn’t enjoy looking at insurance coverage details, butContinue reading “Life Insurance”

Competition in the marketplace is called the Rat Race. To get ahead, people at times ruthlessly promote their own agenda. They are willing to knock someone else down so they can further themselves. Winners sacrifice much to move ahead, receive promotions, obtain financial benefits and gain notoriety. The benefits of winning can be spectacular, butContinue reading “The Rat Race”