The year was 1989 and I had just finished another ceremonial soiree with 60 of my American, French and Soviet peers in Paris, France. I had been selected to represent the United States as a student delegate to tour France in celebration of the bicentennial of the French Revolution and we made our way by bus, by train and by air around the countryside …
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Carpe diem or Carpe per diem?
Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral. -- Frank Lloyd Wright A master builder, a rebel and a nature worshipper, Frank Lloyd Wright's career spanned 70 years and resulted in the design of 1,141 buildings, including churches, schools, libraries, houses, bridges, museums and more. Though Wright is …
A Brave and Determined Spirit
The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit. - Mark Twain The human spirit is animated by a powerful and inexhaustible force. To be meaningful, the force of life that courses through the veins of any …
Progress, Obstacles and a New Approach
Personal trainers and fitness coaches are a special breed of people. They are "people people," observant, good listeners, effective planners and capable of adjusting the plan on the fly, but most of all a good trainer is good at creating and maintaining motivation in his or her clients. An excellent trainer is all that and more. Like good …
A Blowout Preventer for Humankind: How to Save the Environment
Cleanup crews are working feverishly to deal with a massive oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico. An explosion of unknown origin damaged the rig and the failure of the blowout preventer, a backup system for containing spills of this type located nearly 5,000 feet below the ocean's surface, compounded the containment efforts (http://tinyurl.com/2fdda38). Earlier today, a young man …
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The Creative Mystery: Genius, Creativity and You
Whether you feel it important or necessary to change your view on the nature of the source of creativity, the important lesson I believe is that you never stop allowing yourself to be a source of creative inspiration. Whether to your family, to your friends, to co-workers or clients, in private or in public, keep the "channels open" and the "creative juices flowing."
Trust your Instruments
Flight training should be required for all teenagers. Replete with valuable lessons that can be applied to any situation, learning to fly is one of those all-consuming activities that allows even the busiest person a moment of respite, a peace that comes only from complete concentration. My aviation career began at the age of fifteen. My flight instructor, Mack, was an …
An evening thought…
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said "A man is related to all nature." Whether you look out over a beautiful scene or zoom in to enjoy the industriousness of a soldier ant, it is hard not to appreciate and relate in some way to the beauty and wonder of the natural world. I came across …
And Still I Rise…
"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud...Be certain that you do not die without having giving something wonderful to humanity."
Gregory Hake 