Thoughts on the Importance of Attitude

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 […]

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 […]