April 7, 1977. It is my first day as an employee with the IBM Corporation. My manager takes me around the office to meet some other managers and key employees I will need to interface with and then he sits me down in a conference room. He hands me a pile of materials and tells […]
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Practice makes perfect….no it doesn’t!
“Practice makes perfect!” Oh yes indeed, we’ve all heard it and probably countless times. For years and years, teachers, coaches, and yes, parents have used that expression, Practice makes perfect to hopefully inspire higher levels of achievement. But I have to ask, what is this obsession with perfection? Perfection, especially when it comes to one’s […]
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Some years ago, a friend introduced me to the “one-word mantra” New Year Tradition. Her explanation for doing this was quite simple. While most New Year’s Resolution(s) rarely last beyond the month of January, she instead suggested choosing a single word to focus on throughout the year. The idea being, it is much easier and […]
Click here to read the entire articleThe Never-Ending Interconnectivity of Faith, Hope and Love
Now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1st Corinthians 13:13 As I write this blog I am waking up to a world of darkness. Sure, the pandemic has been bad, but today, the darkness is real. It cuts. It hurts. For I found out last night that […]
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Who are you? How do you answer that question? If someone had asked you that question when you were 17 or 18 years old, how would you have answered it? Why do I ask the question? Let me explain. In a recent ZOOM meeting made up of both black and white Christian Businessmen, one of […]
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Love thy opponent? Are you kidding me? I know, it sounds crazy! In the heat of battle I don’t think anyone can really bring themselves to think this way, and yet, it can happen; it does happen. So, what am I talking about? Well, let me tell you a story. Story Time I was once sitting around […]
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In my latest book, Coaching is Teaching at its Best! I made mention in Tip #5 (Go to Practice with the Right Attitude) of a unique philosophy of life that is expressed as an alphabetical formula. E + R = O represents a philosophy that can be applied to virtually every aspect of one’s life. […]
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