01/25/202301/25/2023Awareness, Beliefs, Career, Greatness, Happiness, Living, Success When the Teacher Is Ready, the Student (Teacher) Will Appear One of the things about life that continually amuses me is irony… People who have attended my workshops and speeches and engaged […]
05/22/2022Awareness, Communication, Compassion, Compliments, Decisions, Empathy, Encouragement, Influence, Kindness, Love Measure Your Words Before You Pour Them “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.” We’ve all heard that phrase—do you believe it? Early […]
05/01/202205/01/2022Accomplishments, Awareness, Beliefs, Career, Coaching, Direction, Encouragement, Great Teachers, Happiness, Influence, Inspiration, Interests, Joy, Learning, Living, service, Students, Success, Support, Teaching, Training, Tribute Every Person Is Born with Special Talents and Abilities I experienced two, life-changing events during my senior year in high school. During my first two years, I mainly took classes that […]
04/04/202204/04/2022Beliefs, Character, Communication, Contribution, Example, Great Teachers, Greatness, Happiness, Heroes, Influence, Inspiration, Living, service, Tribute We Are Not Powerless to Change the World People look with frustration at various conditions in our world and wish they could do something to make things better. The truth […]
02/17/202202/17/2022Encouragement, Support We Have No Right… When I was in third grade, I accompanied my mother to an after-school, parent-teacher meeting. I was told to sit on a […]
04/12/201804/16/2018Career I Just Wanted to Thank You… “Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” -Henry Ward Beecher My profession (speaker, facilitator, coach) has given me the […]
04/02/201804/02/2018Greatness Do You Know How Great You Really Are? (Part II) “A man asked his friend, ‘Who do you think you are?’ His friend replied, ‘I wish I knew.’” -Unknown A few months back, […]
02/23/201802/26/2018Stories So What’s Your Story? “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” -Maya Angelou When I started my professional development company years […]
11/16/201711/16/2017Communication The Power of a Sincere Compliment “I can live for two months on a good compliment.” -Mark Twain A number of years ago, I had the honor of […]