“Effective leadership is putting first things first,” insisted Stephen Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. “What you do has far greater impact than what you say.” About 30 years ago, a group of teachers, youth ministers,...
“The only place ‘success’ comes before ‘work’ is in the dictionary,” insisted Vince Lombardi, legendary football coach of the Green Bay Packers. “The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.” Lombardi passionately rallied team spirit and...
Wendell Berry, author of Farming: A Hand Book, said, “Don’t own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.” Clutter builds up and creates its own unique chaos without our notice – until it becomes unbearable. When...
How do move forward if you don’t know what direction you’re headed? As a teacher and consultant, I’ve shown others how to create strong vision and mission statements for more than 30 years. I didn’t write personal vision and mission statements until...
Napoleon Hill never dreamed an interview with Andrew Carnegie, industrialist and steel magnate, would change his life. Nor could he predict that his book, Think and Grow Rich (1937), would change the lives of so many people who yearned for success. Carnegie encouraged...
