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The Christmas Party
The year was 1948 but it could happen today. I had an office job for a railroad in Detroit and it was a very special event. The annual Christmas party. Our boss came out of […]
Year: 2011
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Focusing on Success
We had such a positive response to my article on goal setting which provided you with a Website where you might listen to Earl Nightingale’s powerful message titled The Strangest Secret that I thought I […]
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Simple Pleasures
The other day I was looking at all of the new electronic devices being featured at Staples. I’m sort of a Stone Age Man when it comes to electronics and do-dads. I started looking at […]
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Do We Remember?
On November 19th, 1863 at the dedication for the cemetery for those who had died at Gettysburg Edward Everett was the orator of the day and his speech lasted over two hours. Then Lincoln rose, […]
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If You Were Running
What if you woke up tomorrow morning and discovered that you were running for the high office of President of the United States? Would you find yourself going “Daaa” or maybe you would discover a […]
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Investing in Ourselves
If you asked me what the best investment I ever made, I would have to say it was the $12 I paid to take the Christopher Leadership Course back in 1957. It might have been […]
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Crossroad of a Million Private Lives
“Grand Central Station, crossroad of a million private lives.” When I was a kid growing up in Michigan there was a radio show I sometimes listened to and it began with that above statement. Each […]
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All Hat–No Land
In Texas, when a man does a bit too much bragging and can’t back it up they say he’s “All hat, no land.” Here is an e-mail I received in my spam mail. Buy fake/novelty […]
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Make Someone Happy
The famous psychologist, Karl Menninger, might have given us a magic key to handling stress and unhappiness in our lives. “What would you advise a person to do,” one man asked, “if that person felt […]
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Getting Involved
Did you ever notice how some people seem to be involved in just about anything that needs doing? Whether it is at work or church or the schools their children attend, they just have a […]