With the Super Bowl XLVIII just days away, I find it irresistible not to share a tale of football lore with you.  One of the greatest quarterbacks in the history of this venerable sport was Johnny Unitas. He epitomized the adage that with ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things […]

Frank Robinson (born August 31, 1935) is an former Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. He played from 1956 to 1976, most notably for the Cincinnati Reds and the Baltimore Orioles. He is the only player to win league MVP honors in both the National and American Leagues. He won […]

The poet/author Kahlil Gibran is credited with saying, “I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy.” Sometimes giving is as simple and relatively painless as writing a check. Sometimes […]

It’s NFL playoff time and with the New Orleans Saints facing the Seattle Seahawks this Saturday, emotions are rising to a point of anticipatory frenzy. Words like “vanquish,” “devour,” and “annihilate” are commonly joined to “the Seahawks” by even the most placatory citizens of the Who Dat Nation. I confess […]

I wasn’t planning to do an Inspiration this week as I have been nursing my wife over the past four days as she recovers from a surgical procedure and have been a bit overwhelmed by my temporarily assumed household and caring responsibilities. No question,  I am much more comfortable in a business environment […]