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Recovering is Half the Fun
On the Friday before Halloween we had big doings here in our little town of Hillsborough, NC. All of the stores were open late and the kids dressed up in the costumes and went trick […]
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That Magic Five-Point Program – Commitment, Part 2 of 2
Last week in Part 1, we saw how the South Seas explorer Captain James Cook of the Royal Navy was able to implement an effective five-point safety program to manage the risks of scurvy aboard […]
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That Magic Five-Point Program, Part 1
Captain Cook’s Five-Point Safety Program In his novel, Alaska, James Michener credits the British naval explorer Captain James Cook as being not just a discoverer of new lands but of new health and safety practices. […]
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The Outer Banks of North Carolina
We just returned from four days of exploring the Outer Banks. After visiting Mateo and although it is off season and there was no show at The Lost Colony Amphitheater, I walked onstage and pretended […]
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Self Supporting Geniuses
My wife, Jean and I visited the Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina recently and it just blew my mind the way the Wright Brothers met each new challenge head on […]
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Purple Heart Viola Sale
I’m a lifetime member of the Military Order of the Purple Heart and once a year our group goes out and sells Violas, which are purple poppies for contributions and the money is used for […]
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Use It Or Lose It
As I get older my memory seems to be getting better and better. Don’t look shocked. You read that correctly. Just this past July I went out in front of an audience and did a […]
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The Greatest Untapped Resource In This World
For more years than I can remember I have closed my speeches with this remark. “The greatest untapped resource in this world is the human potential and the message I bring you is so simple you […]
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Use It Or Lose It
“The mind is a terrible thing to waste.” That is a well used quote used in fundraising for scholarships. The sense of humor is also a terrible thing to waste and yet it seems that […]