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Archers

October 8, 2012 Art Fettig 0

Reading today’s point to ponder below, about an archer, reminded me of the illustration about the stages of excellence that are often available to us. An beginning archer might start out feeling it is a […]

Remembering the National Safety Congresses

September 29, 2012 Art Fettig 0

It was 1978 and it had taken me five years to win that spot as Early Morning Speaker at the National Safety Congress at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago. I was booked for three […]

What’s Buzzing

September 23, 2012 Art Fettig 1

The Mosquito Ringtone is a high frequency ringtone that many adults can’t hear. This makes the Mosquito Ringtone a secret ringtone used by kids so adults (like teachers & parents) can’t hear their cell phones […]

Java

September 17, 2012 Art Fettig 1

I used to go to New Orleans every ten years or so and 1999 not long before his death I was walking down Bourbon Street and there was a very plain sign in the doorway […]

Thinking about the future in the past

September 10, 2012 Art Fettig 0

In a conversation between Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone back in 1931 Mr. Edison said, “We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be […]

Wrestling Furniture

August 27, 2012 Art Fettig 0

I don’t know if you ever tried to wrestle a big couch and a couple of Lazy Boy Chairs across the carpeted floor so the cleaners could come in and clean but believe me, it […]

Parking Downtown On The Street

August 19, 2012 Art Fettig 1

When I was sixteen I flunked my first driver’s road test. I drove just fine but the final item on the check list was parking and I got all flustered when the fellow was a […]

What Can I Say

August 11, 2012 Art Fettig 0

I started writing this newsletter as a follow up to my presentations at the National Safety Congress at McCormick Place in Chicago in 1988. It was a wonderful experience. They allowed me to present at […]

Olympics

August 6, 2012 Art Fettig 1

Did you ever spend years preparing for a single goal such as competing in an Olympic competition? In any time in your life did you ever imagine yourself becoming the very best in your specific […]

Miracles

July 30, 2012 Art Fettig 0

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” Albert Einstein wrote that and for me at this […]