A Very Successful Woman

A Very Successful Woman

A Successful Woman Today I was speaking on Zoom with a very successful woman. She has a business as a coach in a very niche industry. As a successful woman CEO she had previously taken a company from startup to annual sales of twenty-eight million dollars in less than...
Are You Feeling Lucky

Are You Feeling Lucky

Lucky or Not How lucky are you? I am not making reference to things like to lottery or gambling in general. The question goes deeper than that? What I am asking is do you ever stop and realize just how good you have it compared to what others must endure? Hardly a day...
Inspired by Others

Inspired by Others

Are You Inspired? Lately I have been inspired by people I have encountered who are doing things that seem unexpected, at least to me. What inspires you? For the past few weeks I have been organizing an area speech contest for Toastmasters International. This has...
A Mass Tactical Assault

A Mass Tactical Assault

That Feeling You Get This is a story that people really enjoy when I present as an after dinner speaker. There is a feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when you are in your parachute harness aboard an Illyushin-76 aircraft flying over Belarus. It is hard to...
Who Do You Love?

Who Do You Love?

Greg Skandalinsky and I first met in high school. We stayed friends through all these years although we hardly even see or speak. But he will surface from time-to-time with another important subject he needs to spout off about. For some reason Greg thinks he needs to...
A Lasting Impact

A Lasting Impact

The Daunting Task When I was in seventh grade at St. Thomas More parochial school the principal Sister Catherine Patricia came to me with a task. It ended up being one of the most meaningful tasks in my life. It didn’t start that way. In fact, when she told me what I...