I used to be a security guard before I became an island hopping, pro blogger. One of my fellow pier guards owned a prospering business for decades. He was a multi-millionaire. Yet he worked the night shift as a pier guard at a shipping terminal and he also worked the morning shift at Walmart. Even
Yesterday the lead high school minister for West Side Christian Church, Drew Peterson, delivered his last official service here. A fantastic leader, he has had a tremendous positive impact on thousands of young lives. Drew was offered a lead pastor role for an entire church, and couldn’t turn down the offer. A good friend who
High school basketball season begins in New Jersey in a few weeks. I have followed one particular high school for decades. Formerly St. Patrick, the current day The Patrick School is one of the top programs in the country. No less than 3 NBA prospects currently play for this *high school* team, including the likely
I saw a post the other day from a small business owner who was annoyed about the cost of getting a website created. “Why should I pay thousands of dollars for something I know is pretty simple to do? Can’t I pay someone an hourly rate to do this for me? I know it doesn’t
I looked at my email, and my heart sank. “Where are you?” I had forgotten the conference call I was to lead. No call, no show, and every one of my techs knew it. It was too late to call in; the meeting was over. The ironic thing was that I had forgotten the call
“Give me four sets of ten, and then you’re done,” said Jeremy, my trainer. “Is ‘I don’t wanna’ a valid excuse?” I quipped. “Sure. If you can live with yourself,” came the quick reply. I did the sets. The truth of the matter is while I did not want to do those last few exercises, I wanted the results.
A few moments ago my niece popped up on my Facebook wall. She is a 16 year old grappler who took first place in a tournament fighting boys. This grappling stuff is the real deal; I’ve seen videos of her matches with kids being choked out and forced into submission via brutal, excruciating maneuvers. How
I was talking with a new manager (let’s call her Sue) the other day who couldn’t understand why one of the people she was in charge of was upset. An employee (let’s call her Jean) had come to her saying there was a task she didn’t want to do. Knowing that Jean had a lot on her plate and
5 years ago I recall waking at 2 AM in exotic Fiji. I suffered through jet lag even though I had flown from Thailand. Yes; Fiji is 5 time zones ahead of the country in Southeast Asia. Shock met me. I soon discovered my old blog had been pulled offline. My hosting company set an
I saw a meme the other day that said, “Intentions are powerful.” That’s true; intentions are powerful. But intentions alone won’t get you very far. You probably know several people who you don’t trust for critical tasks even though you realize they have the best of intentions. Why is that? You don’t trust them because they
