"Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life." ~ Victor Hugo When I lived in Paris many years ago I had the good fortune to attend the press opening of the first ever performance in French of the stage musical adaptation of Hugo's novel, Les Misérables. The experience was fabulous and it left me with …
Author: Gregory Hake
Son. Husband. Father. Thinker. Doer.
Simplify, simplify.
“Our life is frittered away by detail...simplify, simplify.” ~ Henry David Thoreau I had an impromptu meeting the other day that brought to my attention the importance of simplification. The fellow I was meeting with and I were discussing how best to train another person on a particular system we had developed many years ago …
The Prospect of Good
"I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time." ~ Charles M. Schulz Illness has a way of narrowing down your scope of concern. The more severe it is, the more it seems you must withdraw into your heart and mind to deal with it. Long-term fears and dreads …
Man Up
Yesterday I happened upon a simple piece of advice: "If you wouldn't write it and sign it, then don't say it." Today I would add a corollary: "If you won't sign it, then don't send it." Where has the world gone that I once knew, a world where people owned up to their thoughts and …
It’s not the critic who counts
"It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things." ~ Theodore Roosevelt I realized a number of years ago that any time you spend as a critic is time that could have been …
Receiving Blessings
The longing for blessings is a universal human desire. It transcends religious boundaries and cosmological viewpoints and is one of the few things in common between Ned Flanders and Charles Darwin. We all long to receive blessings from life, God, the universe or whatever you might call it as you peer through the lattice of …
Your Current of Inspiration
Consider these two statements this morning: You cannot give what you do not have. You tend to inspire in others that which you have within you. If there is not peace and tranquility in your heart and mind, it is highly unlikely that you will bring succor to those within your field of responsibility. You …
Self-Discipline
A low pressure system moved through our area over the last few days and its attendant cold front finally moved through ushering in cold, strong, gusty winds. I checked the local airport's automated weather station and the winds we 22 gusting to 31 out of the west and the ceiling at the time was a …
Pull The Trigger
When it comes to hunting, the most important thing is to have good aim, the second most important is to have the gumption to pull the trigger. So it is in life. As amazing as our capacity of reason is, we cannot accurately predict the future 100% of the time. While events of the future …
The Elegant Solution
Having been moving through one of the most layered and complex "cold/flu" bugs I've ever come across over the course of the last week, I cannot help but give thought and credit to one of the greatest marvels of creation: the immune system. The immune system is one of the most complex and interesting systems …
Gregory Hake 