“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” ~ Winston Churchill Yes, I know Mom doesn't look 94. (Full Disclosure:…
“There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result.”~ Winston ChurchillWhy do you have your own business?Winston Churchill could have been an entrepreneur to have so eloquently dramatized…
Building Consensus ≠ Building SuccessI have been working with a young CEO who recently acceded to her company’s leadership.She was the successor to a more authoritarian regime and found herself working…
“A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet,strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses youwhen you have taken the scrape and left out the lie.”~ Charles Edward Montague Everyone makes…
What can you accomplish in a flash of time?It lasts about 300 to 400 milliseconds. It occurs about 10 to 20 times per minute.Over the course of a day, excluding…
Fly to the Light!Just after obtaining his pilot’s license, a dear friend from the Midwest found himself surrounded by unexpected thunderstorms. He clambered for every streak of sunshine he could…
Do You Need to Start Your Own Bonfire?
Barely 500 years ago, Girolamo Savonarola was an outspoken and strident critic of the current order, angrily vilifying the worldly possessions that tempted people to become sinners.
He was ultimately excommunicated from the Catholic church, condemned for heresy, stripped of his priestly garments, hanged, and his body burned in the town square in Florence, Italy, a stark and ignominious ending to a life committed to vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.
"God grant that men of principle shall be our principal men.” – Thomas Jefferson Does Mom think you should be a snitch? Some of you may be familiar with the famed…