As I upload this post on a beautiful Friday afternoon, I know how many of us are feeling. Maybe you are watching the clock and saying, “This week is nearly over!” Not so fast. If you know me well, chances are you’re expecting a baseball analogy to follow. Like all good baseball coaches tell their…
Category: Motivation
Entering the Fast Lane
Rush hour traffic in the Atlanta area sometimes reminds me of navigating through some of life’s challenges. A traffic accident here or there, mixed in with road widening, and drivers who seem to be at the wrong place at the wrong time – slow drivers in the fast lane, and fast drivers in the slow…
Laboring on Labor Day
When I pulled into the park this morning, nearly every parking spot was filled – even the overflow spots. On a Labor Day morning, people were busy laboring on the things that mean the most – physical health, and mental well-being. Among the large crowd were the very young, as well as the older. The…
Like an Elephant in the Catskills
There have been times in my life when I felt just like an elephant in the Catskill Mountains. As you can imagine, it is very rare to find an elephant in the Catskill Mountains, unless you were to venture into the Catskill Game Farm. Unfortunately, I learned that the Catskill Game Farm closed in 2006,…
Digging Deeper
There was a time when I worked for a company that provided heavy construction equipment to a nation that, while it wanted to build, was not able to do so at a pace we were accustomed to. America is still building and moving at a slow pace. As is the case in all economic downturns,…
Be Thankful!
There are times when it is very easy to identify the things we are thankful for, in times of abundance and when the living is easy. Although we are thankful during these times, we may not be as truly appreciative as we could be. Then there are the times when the struggles seem more abundant…
A Day to Celebrate Getting Things Done
Wikipedia tells us that Labor Day is the first Monday in September, set aside to celebrate economic and social contributions of workers. My definition of Labor Day is even simpler – Labor Day is the day to celebrate those who have worked hard to get things done! Perhaps this is the year that you and…
The Changing Seasons of Success
Winter has been especially mild in Atlanta this year. We’ve had the occasional cold days and some nights when lighting a fire in the fireplace added a cozy feeling of comfort, but for the most part the days have been unseasonably warm. Warmer days remind me that spring is right around the corner. Spring reminds…
Scrap the Resolutions and Keep the Resolve
I haven’t believed in New Year’s Resolutions for a long time. Like the holiday egg nog, they seem to lack the proper shelf life and they tend to disappoint us when we come up short. Let’s face it, how often does a formal resolution fall flat sometime during the second or third week of January?…
Enduring the Changes of Season
Labor Day signifies the official ending of summer – closing of the pools, back to school for some parts of the country and a focus on autumn and winter. It is also time for employees around the country to take a much needed break. This year seems a little different. Too many employees have had…
See Past the Panic
Markets in the United States and around the world are sure to react to the recent S&P downgrade of the US credit rating from AAA to AA+. Like many others around the world, I have been glued to the Debt Ceiling debate and have watched all of the economic indicators carefully during the past few…
Deputize and Deploy!
It all began with a tweet, an email, a blog post and a delay. Last June the Dacula Lions Club received a message on Twitter, from Lovett Productions, introducing the documentary Going Blind. After looking into the opportunity, and bringing it to the attention of our club members, I sent an email message back to…
Random Moments at Specific Times 