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October 7, 2022

Seven Absolutes of Success

There are very few absolutes in this world… except for death and taxes according to Benjamin Franklin. We can rarely use words like “always” and “never” because too often those statements come with asterisks, caveats, and options. But, with all due respect Mr. Franklin, I believe I have found seven…

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June 3, 2022

I’m Not Good At Lazy

Last year my daughter and her husband got me something called “Storyworth.” For an entire year I was given writing prompts to create a book about my life in my words. Now, who would want to read that? I don’t know, but the exercise was fascinating (at least for me)…

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February 28, 2022

The Pygmalion Effect

“Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.” - Stephen R. Covey Could a woman from the 1912 working class convince high society London she was…

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November 24, 2021

Leap and Learn

“Phil!” I looked up a little bewildered. The voice belonged to David Hall, the president of the cable network I worked for. Here he was, the head Honcho himself leaning out of his car window and calling to me, the security guard at the gate. “Yes, sir” I eventually…

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July 15, 2021

Act on Your Dream

“I’ve always been a dreamer. My mum taught me to never give up and to reach for the stars – advice I followed quite literally.” Sir Richard Branson On Sunday, July 11, 2021, Sir Branson turned his dream into a reality. It took him 17 years of dedicated work from…

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May 17, 2021

Just Stand

Sarah was a young actor, and this was the first time she was on the stage under my direction. She started her monologue and I quickly realized she didn’t know what to do with her lines or her body, so she aimlessly wandered on stage. Her eyes were glazed over…

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April 2, 2021

No One Way – 5 tips to pursue success

If you know college basketball, you know Coach K. Coach Krzyzewski is the legendary head coach at Duke University who, over the span of 40 seasons, has taken his team to the final four 12 times. (That’s a big deal!) Grant Hill, one of his star players from 1990 to…

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March 18, 2021

Five Ways Happy People Pursue Happiness

March 20th is International Day of happiness and it brought to mind a story; A few years ago a young man asked me, “what’s the difference between fun and happiness?” I told him the answer involves a dictionary, the Dalai Lama, the declaration of independence, and, of course, the Beatles. …

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March 4, 2021

What are You Most Afraid of?

We used to visit the kids’ grandparents in the mountains of Montana every so often as they were growing up. The snowcapped peaks are majestic, and the sky there really is bigger. What’s also bigger there? Bears. We would go hiking or walking in the area surrounding the cabin, and…

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February 18, 2021

It May Not Count – but it Always Matters

Baseball has spring training, football has training camps, and golfers do… whatever golfers do (putt putt maybe?). Then in most sports there’s a preseason. Why not just get on with the games that matter? These practices and matches are vitally important even though they don’t count toward player statistics or…

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You succeed by choice, not by chance.