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Something To Think About - 11/11/24
You can face adversity in one of two ways: Step Up or Give Up.
Something To Think About - 11/9/24
Basketball great Michael Jordan, reflecting on his numerous missed opportunities in games, notes: “I have failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
Something To Think About - 11/8/24
According to columnist Liz Smith, “If you don’t place your foot on the rope, you’ll never cross the chasm.”
Something To Think About - 11/7/24
Leadership professor John Kotter notes that “The time and energy required for effective communication are directly related to the clarity and simplicity of the message.”
Something To Think About - 11/6/24
Coach K points out that “When you first assemble a group, it’s not a team right off the bat. It’s only a collection of individuals.”
Something To Think About - 11/5/24
Humorist Will Durst claimed that “Voters want a fraud they can believe in.” But we say: “Vote anyway.”
Something To Think About - 11/4/24
Ronald Reagan believed that “Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.”
Something To Think About - 11/2/24
Novelist Michael Korda claims that “To succeed, it is necessary to accept the world as it is and rise above it.”
Something To Think About - 11/1/24
Author Bruce Barton advised us to “Learn by experience – other people’s if possible.”
Something To Think About - 10/31/24
Stephen Covey believed that “Through imagination, we can visualize the uncreated worlds of potential that lie within us.”
Something To Think About - 10/30/24
“The problem is never how to get new innovative thoughts into your mind said Visa founder Dee Hock; “but how to get the old ones out.”
Something To Think About - 10/29/24
Two years ago, the Biden Administration made a stupendously bad trade in exchanging Russia’s number one arms dealer for a WNBA player arrested in Russia on drug charges. Now, Viktor Bout, known as Putin’s “Merchant of Death” is back at it selling small arms to Iran backed militants in Yemen. We hope Brittany Griner appreciates her freedom and what it’s costing in other people’s lives.
Something To Think About - 10/28/24
Long-time CEO of GE Jack Welch believed that “Excellence and competitiveness are totally compatible with honesty and integrity… People who cheat are simply weak.”
Something To Think About - 10/26/24
Essayist and author Phyllis Theroux once noted that “Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.”
Something To Think About - 10/25/24
According to author and publisher Helen Gurley Brown, “Never fail to know that if you are doing all the talking, you are boring somebody.”
Something To Think About - 10/24/24
Shakespeare said: “There’s small choice in rotten apples.”
Something To Think About - 10/23/24
General “Stormin’ Norman” Scwarzkopf claimed that “To lead in the 21st Century you will be required to have both character and competence.”
Something To Think About - 10/22/24
As the two candidates for President fight over who can buy the most votes with the biggest tax or government benefits giveaways, all voters should note and be alarmed by the forecast increases in the deficit over the next decade: Trump’s tax “plan” grows the deficit by $7.5 trillion and Harris, by comparison, a paltry $3.5 trillion which is still unsustainable. Remember when candidates ran on a pledge to balance the budget and reduce the National Debt? We miss those days.
Something To Think About - 10/21/24
English historian and philosopher Arnold Toynbee believed that “Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can be aroused by two things: first, an idea which takes the imagination by storm; and second, a definite, intelligible plan for carrying that idea into action.”
Something To Think About - 10/19/24
Opera diva Beverly Sills said: “I’ve always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up.”