A friend of mine likes to ask "What's new" when he sees someone for the first time each day. I've noticed that most people answer "nothing much" or "same old same old" and rarely do they elaborate on what is actually new in their lives. Whether or not the question is intended to be rhetorical …
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Viewer Discretion is Advised
"I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion." ~ Thomas Jefferson Rather than complain about the …
In an emergency, FLY THE AIRPLANE!
Well, the Great Recession is now over, there is a plague of locusts in Australia and a Piper Saratoga made an emergency landing on the freeway just down the road from me in Atlanta after an engine failure. What a day! Whether the world is moving at an accelerating pace or the increased flow of …
Green Eggs and Ham: The Wages of Simplicity
Why are the simplest things frequently the most influential? I was reading Dr. Seuss to my sons the other day and I couldn't help but be impressed by the simplicity of his bestselling book, Green Eggs and Ham, a simple book that is, incidentally, one of the best-selling children's books of all time! Seuss wrote …
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With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase.
I had the wonderful privilege of earning my seaplane rating at the Aero Club Como in Lake Como, Italy. If you haven't had the pleasure of getting to know the region, I can assure you that on first sight you will ask yourself as Longfellow did in his lovely poem Cadenabbia: "Is this a dream? …
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What changed? Well, everything changed.
"A man hasn't got a corner on virtue just because his shoes are shined." - Ann Petry All this talk of fashion reminds me of a wonderful tour I was given of the John Lobb workshop in Paris, prior to its move to the rue de Mogador. If you haven't heard the name before, John Lobb …
Thank you Freshly Pressed!
Much to my surprise I discovered (by the onslaught of views and comments) that my post "Dress for Success" was promoted to Freshly Pressed this morning. Thank you, dear readers, for your support and encouragement. Thank you WordPress and thank you Joy! I wish you an uncommonly generative weekend...
Dress for Success
"Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire." - Charles Dickens One thing should be clear: clothes do not make a man a gentleman or a woman a lady; and, by the same token, a real gentleman or a true lady is always a gentleman or a lady, no matter what he …
The victorious life begins with successful attitude
I came across three rules today that provide effective guidance for a productive life: Rule #1: Success is an option. Rule #2: Failure to accomplish a goal is a last resort. Rule #3: Failure to give your very best is never an option. Countless human beings have lived out their lives never believing that success …
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Take comfort in rituals but don’t stop there!
My local Starbucks posted a sticker on the front door the other day that reads: "TAKE COMFORT IN RITUALS." The slogan got me thinking about the things in my life that border on ritualistic - my Matins and Vigils, Christmas decorations, tying yellow ribbons around old oak trees, and so on. What purpose do they …
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Gregory Hake 