It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. – Franklin D Roosevelt Writing to you today from sunny Toledo, Ohio (alright–more like 40’s and gloomy, but who’s counting?)…wrapping up our time picking up the pieces after the funeral
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“If you don’t know where you are going, how can you expect to get there?” – Basil S. Walsh I’m hoping to keep this note short and sweet, as we just found out the my wife’s father has passed away after a months-long struggle against brain cancer. We’re in Ohio, getting ready for the wake
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So, I’m moving a bit slowly this morning. Last night, my little sleepy town of Charlottesville, VA hosted four particular Irish gentlemen and they played some tunes for me. Well, me and about 60,000 of my friends, that is. You may have heard of these blokes–they go by the name “U2”, and they’ve been a
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Know yourself and you will win all battles. – Sun Tzu Yep, this is my first “weekly” note in two weeks. Last week was a bit of a curveball, as we got a call to travel to Ohio for a last-minute trip. My wife’s father is suffering from brain cancer…and is deteriorating fast. So we
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It’s not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference. – Paul Bryant Yes, that’s perhaps a macabre subject line, but it is, after all, a bit of a solemn day. My wife and I were in Cancun on September 11th, and a Brit walked over to the
“Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.” – Alfred A. Montapert You’re probably gearing up for the long, “Labor Day” weekend. For some reason, our country still celebrates this holiday…even though the circumstances of its origins have changed pretty drastically. There was an article in
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To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe. – Marilyn Vos Savant So, I mentioned last week that I would share about the “Big Water”–when my newly-adopted children saw the ocean for the first time last week while we were in Hilton Head…well, it was pretty incredible–and interesting as a
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It is not so important who starts the game but who finishes it. – John Wooden No, I’m not talking about birds this week. Do you “tweet”? By that, I mean: do you use Twitter? What about Facebook? You riding this new wave of what’s being called “Social Media”? Well, maybe you are…but here’s the
“My experience has shown me that the people who are exceptionally good in business aren’t so because of what they know but because of their insatiable need to know more.” – Michael Gerber Last week, I wrote about the FIRST leg of my recent trip overseas. Well, the Amalfi Coast was just the appetizer for
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“Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.” – John Wooden Last weekend, my wife and I returned home from a long-planned trip to Italy and to Ethiopia. We came home with a bunch of incredible memories, stories and observations (some of which I’ll be sharing over the next few weeks). Oh, and
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