by marshal | Feb 11, 2021 | Lessons Learned
Studying leadership over the years, I have read books by people like Stephen Covey, Peter Drucker, John Maxwell, and others. I learned such things as 7 habits, 5 principles and multiple guidelines which helped shape my thoughts about leadership. At a time of...
by marshal | Sep 26, 2019 | Importance, Lessons Learned, Patience
Sometimes I fail to see God when circumstances don't live up to my expectations. Instead of looking for God, I have been known to whine and complain. An elderly Hungarian friend demonstrated a better way. He arrived at my office for a special event on the wrong...
by marshal | Sep 12, 2019 | Lessons Learned, Prayer
Early in my life I learned a valuable lesson – to distinguish between a suggestion and a command. Initially I did not understand. I learned quickly when my parents disciplined me for interpreting a command as a suggestion! A command was non-negotiable and my...
by marshal | Sep 5, 2019 | Lessons Learned, Self-Control
It was the morning of my flight from Vienna to Philadelphia. When I fly west, I try to eat only a small breakfast since food is served on the airplane throughout the day. I intended to eat just a small bowl of muesli to hold me over. But alas, my hotel had an amazing...
by marshal | Jun 27, 2019 | Leadership, Lessons Learned, Listening
My willingness to be open and teachable determines the path of my life journey. What I learn is influenced by where I turn for answers and to whom I listen. The WHO is often as important as the WHAT in learning. Early in my teenage years my mother and father...
by marshal | May 30, 2019 | Lessons Learned
During my freshman year of medical school, a junior medical student told me, "Everything you need to learn you will hear ten times. All you have to do is learn it one of those times!!" He also implied that failure to learn might result in serious...
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