Much has been said over the years about “living on the cutting edge”. I have always taken this to mean that we should be sharp in our approach to whatever it is we are doing. For example: using the latest…
Not long ago when I was in Dallas, Texas, I was with some friends and we needed to go to the local post office to retrieve a package. We had received a notice of an attempt to deliver a package…
A while back, I had an early morning flight for an out-of-town trip. It was still dark outside when my wife dropped me off at the airport. I went to the security check area and got in line. Because the…
I am sure that at sometime in your life you have heard about the failures of some very famous people. There is hardly anyone who has ever become famous or successful who did not first fail many times, in many…
From time to time some of the things we do in life are a bit unclear to us. We do not always know exactly when something is supposed to start or end. Take raising children, for example. We are clear…
If you will recall, when we were in school we learned that there are different kinds of sentence structures. We learned about declarative sentences that usually end with a period. We learned about imperative statements that are a little stronger…
I love information that is clear, simple and easily understood. When information becomes part of our everyday life, we can actually use it. Knowledge is power and the best knowledge we possess is that which is practical, applicable, transferable, and…
Over the years, I have tried to develop the habit of being observant and learning from different situations that take place around me each day. I have discovered that much can be learned about an individual’s character by observing their…
Years ago in college, I had a professor who told us that one of the biggest challenges we would ever have in life regarding business or relationships was being clear. Being an older man, he said that as he had…
Most of us have worked on projects at different times in our life. Getting started on a project can sometimes be a challenge. Seeing the project through to completion is an even greater challenge. But, checking on the project at…