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Discontent
Thomas Edison once said, “Discontent is the first necessity of progress.” As I ponder this thought I look back and see that most of our world’s progress occurred because some folks, somewhere, had a burr […]
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Preparation and Rehearsal
Almost a century ago, well it was around 1957 actually, I took a Christopher Leadership Course which was a Dale Carnegie Course in disguise. It had a wonderful series of public speaking segments and the […]
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Working with Tragedy
I was looking for some humor for our humor section when I came upon the offering below. It is what I would call sick humor. That is, making light of a tragedy. At one point […]
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Will Work For Food
Heck of a title, now what do I do with it? When I think of all of the long hours I have put in at my typewriter since I set out to be a writer […]
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When More Is Less
One day, many years ago, I was talking with the president of our railroad and he gave me some priceless advice. He said, “Art, if you hire one more employee you should not automatically believe […]
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Listening To Others
I’m reading a book about Billionaire Howard Buffet and he is quoted as saying, One does not have to be correct very many times in a life time; twelve investment decisions in my forty year […]
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Publish or Perish
In academia there is a long standing understanding that professors must publish their works on a continuing basis if they expect to remain on the staff. In the railroad industry I won awards in 1964 […]
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Your Very Best
I was watching the finals of the women’s figure skating competition of the Vancouver Olympics on TV and one skater after another performed at a higher level than they had ever achieved in their lifetime […]
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Instant Behavior Modification
I was just reading what it says under Visit Our Website below. “instant behavior modification…” Man does that sound like a crock. If I hadn’t witnessed it myself time and time again and had clients […]