Gandhi

A Mother once brought her child to Gandhi and asked him to tell the young boy to stop eating sugar because it was not good for his diet or his developing teeth.     Gandhi replied, "I cannot tell him that. But you may bring him back in a month." The Mother was angry as Gandhi movedRead More

10,000 hours

I went to a Opera this past week. "Les Miserables" at the Ellen Eccles Opera Theatre in Logan and those actors and singers were astonishing, amazing and down right jaw dropping great. It made me think……. At the Juilliard School of Music they found that the "elite" musicians had practiced 10,000 hours, the "good" musiciansRead More

Sowing

“Sow a thought and you reap an action;     sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character;     sow a character and you reap a destiny.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson   You can make a difference in your life, in family, in community, in country and in our business. SowRead More

Crack Cocaine

“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.”   This modern proverb–which also has a number of variant forms–is reminiscent of another popular saying: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” The point of both is that doing something overRead More

Procrastination

Procrastination can become a debilitating habit and must be avoided. At the low end, your procrastination may seem like a simple inconvenience to those you affect. You”ll get it done–just not right now.b2ez The problem is that procrastination is a breach of a commitment to act–a breach of trust. At the high end, procrastination could have Read More

Responsibility

“Responsibility finds a way. Irresponsibility makes excuses.” -Gene Bradley   “The person who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it”  -Lou Holtz   Ponder on these two quotes. How does it apply in your life and your daily duties, work, and family. Just thinking. Have aRead More

Begin it

“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!”  -Goethe   “There is no try–there is only do.” -Yoda

To Start

Good morning to you all. What a wonderful morning and day again to “Start” To “Start” again each week is a wonderful thing and I hope you feel that way. Some feel that Monday morning is the ending of the weekend and some feel that it is the beginning of a new week. Both areRead More

The Best

Just some thoughts for Wednesday July 9th….Ponder them for a minute and who wrote them; “When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.” -Helen Keller “We have to do the best that we can, This is our sacred humanRead More