Nov
19
Voltaire wrote, “No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.” This is true for any problem. Put enough of your thinking time, others if you can, and you will come up with an answer. The trick is to allow…
Nov
18
Lily Tomlin as “Edith Ann” said, “I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.” What are you giving to the people around you to think about apart from homework? Allowing someone time…
Nov
17
Robert Brault wrote,Always when judgingWho people are,Remember to footnoteThe words “So far.” This poem sums up my thoughts about judging people. You can only judge them on what they have done up until today. You cannot judge what they will…
Nov
16
Albert Einstein said, “Life is like riding a bicycle – in order to keep your balance, you must keep moving.” Can you remember your first shaky goes on a bike? Mine were in the back yard where I only had…
Nov
16
The following is a poem by Samuel Ullman called Youth. It was made famous because General Douglas MacArthur pit a framed copy of it on his office wall in Japan. The Japanese actually know it better than Americans because of…
Nov
13
Edward Gorey said, “Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never does; that’s what makes it so boring.” I am the kind of…
Nov
13
“My good friends, while I do most earnestly recommend you to take care of your health and safety, as things most precious to us, I would not have that care degenerate into an effeminate and over-curious attention, which is always…
Nov
12
I had a request to take the links off the properties and images in an agents weekly newsletter recently. This is a request I have had many times over the years as agents seek to protect their databases. From my…
Nov
12
Great article by @stephenlynch. How to make your online communications stand out With all the talk about websites, blogs, email newsletters, and social media platforms (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter etc) it is easy to forget that these are just communication tools. …
Nov
12
Jackie Robinson said, “I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” Respect is something that I do strive to give to everyone because whether I like or…