Tag Archive: History

50 Traits and Habits Of Highly Effective Men

“It is every man’s obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it.” Albert Einstein. Get them here: 50 Traits and Habits Of Highly Effective… Read More

On ‘counting’

         

He who knows best…

Happy birthday, Thomas Jefferson! “The wise know their weakness too well to assume infallibility; and he who knows most, knows best how little he knows.” ~ Thomas Jefferson via He who knows best…… Read More

On focus…

“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.” ~ Alexander Graham Bell via Today’s Quotes: @MarWilliamson Focus On What’s RIGHT!.

E-cards for your Easter inbox

E-cards for your Easter inbox – Holy Kaw! Go to the source if you’d like more! Or, go directly to someecards.com to send your own…

Bio as Bible: managers imitate Steve Jobs

In the latest ‘drive-by’ management trend, the deification of Steve Jobs continues… Mimicking Mr. Jobs’s keynote style and adopting catch phrases like “one more thing”—the words Mr. Jobs often used to introduce products—may… Read More

Nine requisites for contented living

Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength to battle with difficulties and overcome them. Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them. Patience enough to… Read More

Quincy on prioritization…

Quincy on prioritization

“When you have a number of disagreeable duties to perform, always do the most disagreeable first.” Josiah Quincy

via Quote Details: Josiah Quincy: When you have a… – The Quotations Page.

The "Confessio" of St. Patrick and lessons for today

In my humble opinion, the story of St. Patrick is a story of a lost opportunity for the modern church. It begins like this… 1 I, Patrick, a sinner, a most simple countryman,… Read More

Don’t ask what the world needs

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman, was an influential… Read More

Why The Story You Tell About Your Life Is Vital!

In reality we are all storytellers and the story we tell about our lives is what we believe, and then we act on what we believe and those actions create a result that… Read More

Just For Today

JUST FOR TODAY I will try to live through this day only and not tackle my whole life problem at once. I can do something for twelve hours that would appall me if… Read More

The Time We’re Losing

We lose time when we check our phone every time it beeps and bings, especially if someone we love is sitting beside or across from us. We lose time every time we turn… Read More

Infected with Comparisonitis

My good friend Nilofer writes on her blog… Comparisonitis is a chronic disease. From what I can tell in my completely unscientific research, it can go into remission and you can live your… Read More

10 Things to Consider Before You Let Your Children Quit

Life is difficult. It’s a given! We’re born, we open our eyes, dad misinterprets our cry, mom puts the diaper on too tight, someone else drops our pacifier – and it begins. But… Read More

Press On!

“Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will… Read More

The Battle of Monongahela

Prior to the Revolution, British troops were marching toward Fort Duquesne when they were ambushed, July 9, 1755, by the French and Indians. Not accustomed to fighting unless in an open field, the… Read More

Hermann Hesse – Autobiography

I was born in Calw in the Black Forest on July 2, 1877. My father, a Baltic German, came from Estonia; my mother was the daughter of a Swabian and a French Swiss.… Read More

7 Must Read Life Lessons from Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. He served from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln successfully led the United States through its darkest hour … the… Read More

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