Inspiration, Productivity, Tips for Greater Success
August 8, 2013

Avoid the Clarity Paradox of Success

I have long been interested in achieving greater success and helping others to do the same – however each person defines success. I am blessed to have achieved significant success in my life – I have a loving family and great friends, I am financially comfortable, I am still in good health, and I am able to pursue many things that I am passionate about, like travel, photography, writing and speaking. If that’s not success, I don’t know what is!

Even though I am not discontent with my life and success, I still desire to challenge myself…

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Inspiration, Productivity, Tips for Greater Success
August 1, 2013

The Importance of Work and Labor

  In his superb best selling book titled The Greatest Success in the World, Og Mandino wrote about the critical and life-long importance of work and labor.  The book includes ten excellent and forever enduring Commandments of Success. The First Commandment of Success begins as follows:   “THOU MUST LABOR EACH DAY AS IF THY …

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Inspiration, Leadership, Leadership Excellence
July 25, 2013

Leaders: Help Your Followers Discover Their Purpose

  In the first chapter of his book It Worked For Me: In Life And Leadership, retired General Colin Powell describes the critical importance of each person in an organization knowing their purpose. “Followers need to know where their leaders are taking them and for what purpose.”   While “mission,” “goals,” “strategy,” and “vision” are …

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Inspiration, Personal Growth, Tips for Greater Success
July 18, 2013

Too Late? Never!

Some people insist “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” No matter how many times and how many ways that worn out old saying has been disproven, many people still believe it. “I’m too old.” “He’s way too stubborn!” “She’s just set in her ways.” “I couldn’t change if you paid me.” “Why worry …

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Inspiration, Inspired Living
July 15, 2013

Be Eternally Young

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Inspiration, Tips for Greater Success
June 28, 2013

Choices That Lead to Happiness

“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.” ~James Openheim   Happiness is a choice.   I believe happiness is an attitude, not a state of being. And just as we can choose our attitude, we can choose to be happy. It’s not always easy, but I do …

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Inspiration, Tips for Greater Success
June 21, 2013

Are You Resilient?

  There’s no denying that the world is a crazy, fast-paced place, and it only seems to get more chaotic with each passing week! What seems safe, secure, and dependable one day may be gone the next.   Unfortunately, we cannot plan for every conceivable misfortune, and we would wear ourselves out if we tried! …

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Healthcare Leadership, Inspiration
June 18, 2013

Michael Dowling – Featured Healthcare Leader

It was my honor to recently conduct a wide-ranging, one-on-one interview with Michael Dowling in his offices in New York City. The following is a portion of one of several articles published on the America’s Healthcare Leaders website as a result of that interview. To read this and related articles in their entirety, please visit www.americashealthcareleaders.com. …

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Inspiration, Inspired Living
June 14, 2013

Make the Best of It

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Inspiration, Inspired Living
June 3, 2013

Find Your Song

Traveling and photographing America the Beautiful puts a song in my heart and a smile on my face! Visit my photo gallery to see some of my pictures from America the Beautiful.

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Communication, Inspiration, Tips for Greater Success
May 29, 2013

Make the Best of Every Season

  You are getting older. Like it or not, you and I are getting older every single day! Whether you’re still in your youth, middle aged, or enjoying your golden years, there’s no escaping the subtle but steady reality of aging.   When we’re young, we tend not to worry about aging. In fact, we …

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Inspiration, Inspired Living
May 23, 2013

Keep Moving

When I was a youngster, a lady in our small church used to stand up and “testify.” She always ended her testimony by saying, “I’m just gonna keep on a keepin’ on!” That lady had very little formal education and had virtually no material wealth. She lived in the poorest section of my little town and did not even have running water in the run-down little shack she called home. But that lady understood a crucial principle of life: To keep our balance, we must keep moving. As for me, “I’m just gonna keep on a keepin’ on!”

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Inspiration, Personal Growth, Tips for Greater Success
May 22, 2013

When Plans Change

  In case you haven’t noticed, life doesn’t always go according to plan. Even the most carefully planned strategies and very best intentions get derailed by the unexpected and the unavoidable.   It’s not just the big things, like career paths and families, that don’t always turn out the way we’d envisioned; we frequently get …

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Inspiration, Inspired Living
May 14, 2013

Make it Beautiful

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