by marshal | Feb 12, 2009 | Lessons Learned, Priorities, Purity, Truth
The incredible noise and frenetic activity was intoxicating. My wife, Pamela, and I were at the Hungarian Grand Prix time trials. Trying to pick the winners of each time trial was fun as my wife chose by the color and design of the car and I chose by the driver....
by marshal | Nov 26, 2008 | Integrity, Lessons Learned, Truth
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 | Nov 13, 2008 | Integrity, Lessons Learned, Priorities, Stewardship, Truth
My job on Monday night is to take out the trash which, of course, includes separating it into piles of paper, glass and plastic. When I took out the trash as a young boy trash was trash – everything was useless. We have now learned that recycled trash has value....
by marshal | Oct 30, 2008 | Integrity, Lessons Learned, Love, Truth
In her book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, Doris Kearns Goodwin chronicles the impact of Lincoln’s kindness to his enemies even as they attacked and smeared him. President Lincoln’s unwillingness to retaliate produced results for...
by marshal | Aug 21, 2008 | Lessons Learned, Positive Humor, Truth
While watching a uniformed man waving a flag from the roof of our hotel in India, my wife, Pamela, confidently exclaimed, "I am sure it is a Hindu ritual!" Forcefully and with a stubborn confidence I responded, "No! I am sure the flag waving has some...
by marshal | Aug 14, 2008 | Lessons Learned, Purity, Truth
Recently, I loaned my reading glasses to a friend. She immediately laughed and asked, "How often do you clean your glasses?" Obviously not often enough! Using reading glasses to correct the deficits in my vision is not the total answer to my farsightedness....
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