Art Fettig

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 […]

Women today are great speakers

September 1, 2012 Art Fettig 0

I’ve been around the professional speaking field since the early seventies and I can remember when I truly believed that Marilyn VanderBur a former Miss American was the finest women speaker alive. I’m not going […]

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 […]

The Storyteller

July 22, 2012 Art Fettig 1

Once upon a time (As far back as 1973 at the Michigan Safety Conference and 1978 for three consecutive mornings at the National Safety Congress) there was a story teller who told stories to safety […]

Be Brief

July 15, 2012 Art Fettig 0

Several years ago my friend and I were walking down Bourbon Street in New Orleans and I noticed a very simple sign hanging in the doorway of a fairly small club. It read, “Tonight, Al […]