Year: 2012
Opening My Mind
When I was a kid, around thirty two years old I was a claim agent for the Grand Trunk Western Railroad in Battle Creek, Michigan. My job was to handle employee injury claims and investigate […]
Winning the Safety Commitment
Today or never. My life’s work. What I am about to tell you could improve your performance in the safety field and upgrade the performance of your entire organization. Today I had a strong young […]
Getting Them Up To Snuff
Did you ever think that just maybe those folks in Washington, DC just might not be up to the job we elected them for? When I was transferred from the 7th Cav. at Sapparo, Japan, […]
Watching Goodbye Mr. Chips
On Thanksgiving eve we watched the musical movie, Goodbye Mr. Chips, a very, very old Mr. Chips, played by Peter O’Toole, has just visited with a new student and when he leaves, he questions if […]
Being Useful
A friend I hadn’t seen for a while asked me the other day, “Art, what have you been doing?” And I responded without hesitation, “Being useful, I hope.” This morning as I was walking down […]
Joy Is In The Doing
“I had expected to be thrilled when I received my first copy of my first book, but when I opened the package and held the first copy in my hand, I found that I just […]
The Cost of Safety
What is the true cost of safety? I was just reading a chapter from my book titled Winning the Safety Commitment. The chapter titled Hot Buttons covered finding the right hot buttons to push when […]
Arlie Honeycutt – North Carolina State Fair
There is a whole lot of walkin’ around to be done at our State Fair and my wife, Jean, and I did more than our share yesterday and loved every minute of it. Great music […]