"We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." ~ Benjamin Franklin One of the greatest challenges I've faced while developing a more desirable corporate culture that is free of the common impediments that creep in through the less illuminated corners of human nature lies in overcoming the entropic tendency …
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Accomplishment and Blessing
"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." ~ Harry S. Truman Accomplishment, when relating to something done admirably or creditably, is one of a number of mechanisms by which blessing is released into the world at large. It builds self-confidence and self-esteem, especially when you achieve …
Commit to the Move
A younger friend of mine was describing the keys to advancement in the sport of wakeboarding to my brother-in-law and I and his philosophy was summarized by the brilliant statement that at a certain point you have to stop thinking and commit to the move. The idea, for instance of jumping the wake and doing …
Fool’s Gold and Fool’s Mate
"The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants." ~ General Omar Bradley Education - whether formally given or self-taught - is necessary, but not sufficient to the expression of balanced wisdom. I have known highly-educated medical doctors, for instance, whose fervent devotion to …
Momentary or Momentous
Would you say that your thoughts, words and deeds are more often momentary or momentous? Are they fleeting and brief or sustainable and significant? How large is your perspective on life? Is it narrowly focused in relation to the circumstances right before your eyes or is it more expansive, with an eye for the "big …
The Seeds That You Plant
"Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out." ~ Art Linkletter Any fool can bemoan his circumstances. More noble is the man who, in every conceivable situation, makes the best of the occasion. In fact, those most remembered for their positive influence in human history …
Strenuous Liberty
Nations grown corrupt Love bondage more than liberty; Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty. ~ John Milton While touring Independence Hall in Philadelphia recently it occurred to me that the greater part of men prefer security to liberty. Most it seems are not even aware that they are making a choice. They go about their …
Uncomplicated Willingness
You've no doubt heard the name Betsy Ross as she occupies a significant place in the history of our great nation. Born the eighth of seventeen children to Quaker parents, Ross was thrice widowed, lost her mother, father and sister within days to yellow fever and eventually became blind herself, a fact which did not …
Brotherly Love
"I'd like to see Paris before I die. Philadelphia will do." ~ Mae West Nearly two decades have passed since my last visit to Philadelphia, the former social and geographical center of the original thirteen colonies. What a marvelous city! You've likely heard people call Philadelphia the city of "brotherly love," for the city's name …
Time Alone
"One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more." ~ Thomas Jefferson A new acquaintance asked me if I meditated regularly and I replied in the affirmative, with the caveat that I did not "meditate" in the traditional sense of the word. I explained that I thought best during or shortly after engaging in …
Gregory Hake 