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Sometimes it doesn’t matter how much you do to protect yourself, bad things can and do happen. You can buy all the insurance you want, but they only pay out after you are harmed. You can buy snow tires and equip your car for winter weather, but an ill-prepared driver can slide across the lanesContinue reading “Hit by a Truck”

Some people are like thermometers. Thermometers don’t really do anything on their own. They just reflect the environment around them. So when the moods and attitudes of people around them are up, they they also are up or positive. Conversely, when the moods and attitudes are negative, so are those of thermometer people. They makeContinue reading “Thermometer and Thermostats”

Somethings I know nothing about, including cosmetics, floral arrangements, and nuclear science. Somethings I know a little about, including computers, current events, and automobiles. Somethings I think I know a lot about, including baseball, fellowship, and my own likes/dislikes. But there is one thing that I am absolutely sure about. That is that I don’tContinue reading “Limits to Understanding”

Many different leadership styles exist in both the business and private sectors. Numerous books have been written on this subject and countless seminars expound on the benefits of different styles. You and I have encountered many of these styles in our work and private lives. We each respond differently to each style. Some leadership traitsContinue reading “Leadership Paradigm”

If we listen, we hear the sounds of celebration all around us. Proud parents rejoice at the first cry of their newborn baby, a toddler’s first word, their child riding a bike for the first time, a child scoring a goal or getting an A, or the same child graduating or getting married. How aboutContinue reading “Joyful Noise”

What would it take for you to deny your beliefs? What would have to happen for you to betray your values? Could someone force you to do something that causes you to sacrifice your core thoughts and motivations? Of course, most of us do not know what we would do in extreme situations. Some peopleContinue reading “Blazing Furnace”

What is your highest ambition? For some people, it is a conquest like climbing Mount Everest. Some seek fame like their face on the cover of a magazine. Others desire wealth in order to buy whatever they want. Some people just want control, like becoming the CEO of a major company. All of these goalsContinue reading “Highest Ambition”

Once again violence dominates the news cycle. It seems that people are increasingly finding that the only resolution to their problems is violence. So an angry mob breaks through security at the nation’s Capitol building to demonstrate their frustration with election results. A man shoots another man because he couldn’t get what he wanted atContinue reading “Strike Out”

People my age tend to talk a lot about the good old days. We tend to romanticize the days when we were young. Invariably we are of the opinion that those times were simpler and better. We long for those good feelings to return. In some ways we are right that those days were betterContinue reading “Good Old Days”

What is the loftiest title that has been given to you? Perhaps you have been named Vice President or Chief Executive Officer of your company. Maybe you are the Chairman of the Board for a charitable organization. Were you the head coach of a sports team? Elder, deacon or pastor are honorable titles to obtainContinue reading “Honorific Titles”