Big Scary Moments
October 9, 2020
In the late 1970’s I was invited to give a 20-minute presentation to over 1,000 Shaklee distributors in Cincinnati, Ohio, where I grew up. I had
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“What I lack in smarts, I make up for in work…and given how hard I have to work, I must not be that smart!”–Greg hague
In the late 1970’s I was invited to give a 20-minute presentation to over 1,000 Shaklee distributors in Cincinnati, Ohio, where I grew up. I had
October ’62. Cuba. Missiles. Blockade. Nuclear War?… I’m 14… old enough to know the mess we’re in. An American U-2 spy plane just photographed “hidden” Soviet SS-5 land-based
It started with a phone call from my son. Brian: “Hey Dad, have a few minutes to talk? I have a question.” Dad: “Hey Bri,
“O say can you see by the donzerly light. What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming…” When I was in elementary school, we sang
Remember? The age old tradition of opening the door for a lady?Did you ever ask yourself why ladies don’t open doors for guys?Where better to begin
Guy: Hey honey, I have something important to tell you. Want to know? Girl: Of course! Guy: Remember when you told me about the guy who never opened
Did you hear about the man caught flashing the Chapel? To be precise, the Sistine Chapel. Why would anyone commit such a lascivious act, especially in one
Some things just keep… hanging on. The girl (or guy) you asked out to the movie, and end up spending the rest of your life with.
Yep, it’s “throw the bum out” time… another election season. You see the signs. You see the attack ads. I hate it! It’s causing me
“Our strongest emotion is fear, and our strongest fear is fear of the unknown.” In March, our fear was of an unknown. Today, that fear is well known. A problem is a
Do you know the tale of the lustful loan shark? In a tiny Italian town many years ago a businessman owed a large sum of
My dad (Chubby) didn’t start life with advantages (like he gave me). His dad died when he was young, and he was raised by a
It’s late at night. You’re in bed. Then it hits you – “Dang! I forgot to put the trash can out for morning pick up!” You could do
My PV friend Gerry W. tactfully informed me that I messed up the answer to one of my Government Quiz questions in my article last
I can’t remember a time when so many well meaning people were in such passionate disagreement about so many things: • Facemasks for all?• Shelter in
Sonal is one of my firm’s vice presidents. While I “trust” all of my employees, Sonal is exceptional. With Sonal, nothing slips between the cracks. If she says
Most of us have products, programs and points of view we believe in, and would like to be effective at convincing others to see that our
We all know that education can contribute to success. However, successful people learn that it often takes more. Success is propelled by an array of
In the 1949 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play by Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman, the central character, Willy Loman, struggles to adjust to changes
Writing my book, How Fathers Change Lives, I interviewed a young lady named Lori Holden for one of the stories. It’s called, Draw a Wider Circle,