Attitude The longer I live, the more I realize the impact attitude has on life. Attitude to me is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It […]
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Lessons in Leadership: From a Janitor
One of the many blessings I have received over the past two years since I began penning Weekend Motivation is the inspiring stories I’ve received from the growing number people who now make up the WM network. Several months ago, a friend of mine, Nelson Warner, sent me an inspirational […]
The Story of the Gardener’s Badge
Despite the collective relief and optimism that prevailed throughout our community, region, state and nation yesterday at the news that the latest attempt by BP to cap the Deepwater Horizon well oil leak appeared successful, there is still much anxiety on a number of levels. Will the pressures at the […]
The Lonely Ember
I had a conversation with one of my real estate associates yesterday. She was relaying to me a meeting that she had with the broker of a competing firm that had approached her about leaving our company and moving to their firm. The point that the other broker kept stressing […]
The Missing Element Needed to Re-energize Your Life May Be Relaxation
Stress is a feeling that’s created when we react to particular events. It’s the body’s way of rising to a challenge and preparing to meet a tough situation with focus, strength, stamina, and heightened alertness. Events that provoke stress cover a whole range of situations – everything from outright physical […]