We're All Like Rubber Bands - That's Good News and Bad News
I made what may seem like an audacious claim in a recent article. I said that I believe it is possible for us to become "better people."...
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What's RIGHT with You?
When was the last time someone asked that? You just finished an important project and did a great job then someone says, "What's right...
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Disappointed?
My son recently wrote to me about a conversation he had with one of his music students. Here's what he wrote, "Today one of my 10 year...
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It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
No, I'm serious, it really was a dark and stormy night in Shawnee, Oklahoma where I was going to college. I was alone in the mobile home...
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Do You Instill Hope in Others?
Hope is not only necessary for personal happiness and well-being, it's good for business too. In fact, I would argue it's essential. ...
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Hope May Not Be a Strategy - But You Won't Accomplish Much Without It
"Hope is not a strategy." I'm sure you've that heard before. It seems to be accepted as "gospel truth" by many people. Of course,...
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I Didn't Expect to Go This Way
I never liked singing very much, at least not when I was younger. Actually it wasn't that I disliked singing I just didn't like singing...
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Don't Just Do Something, Stand There!
Most of my articles have something of an autobiographical nature to them. As someone who usually works 50-60 hours each week, this one...
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I Was Approaching 100mph and Thought I Was Going to Die!
On a weekend home from college I had borrowed my parent's car and driven into the small town of Pryor, Oklahoma to run and errand. On my...
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Survival of the Kindest
Roy was one of the nicest people I ever met. He was a professor of speech and communication and I had the opportunity to work with him...
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