Most of us spend more time planning for one week of vacation then planning for our destiny in life.” (Michael Hyatt, author and publisher) Planning for vacations is fun and time-consuming. Sometimes, the anticipation is actually greater than the experience itself. By...
Nothing ...proves a man's ability to lead others, as what he does from day to day to lead himself. (Thomas J. Watson, 20th century American businessman) Some people long to be leaders in some arena—sports, politics, education, business, perhaps. Sometimes the...
You are free to choose, but you are not free from the consequences of your choices. (Source unknown) Making choices is one of the few things that we can control. The problem with freedom, however, is the possibility that we may make wrong choices. We may do it...
How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves. (Thomas A Kempis, author of The Imitation of Christ) It’s a common human tendency, it seems. We are often guilty of judging other people’s actions without knowing all the facts. At the same time, we...
Vern Alden was going to be in Portland, Oregon the week after I contacted him. Mike Shuler, an Ohio University graduate, was the coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and Alden was going to attend their game against the Los Angeles Clippers. Yuki Togo asked Yale Gieszl,...
Wisdom requires a humble spirit of continual learning. (Jesse Deloe, writer, editor) Someone has said that you’re never too old to learn. Of course, learning is more than the accumulation of facts. And with so much new information becoming available every day, no one...
Don't argue for your own weaknesses. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it immediately. (Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People) It must be human nature. When we show our weaknesses by making mistakes—and we all...
You will not have a meaningful life without work, but you will lose yourself if you say work is the meaning of your life. (Timothy Keller, American pastor and best-selling author) As Keller looks at both ends of the spectrum, he concludes that neither brings...
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers. (Voltaire, 18th century French Enlightenment writer) Good teachers know how to frame good questions—questions that make the student think and not simply give rote responses. So, Voltaire’s instruction is...
It wasn’t my idea to go to Ohio University. I grew up in Wheeling, West Virginia and always wanted to go to West Virginia University. But my high school girlfriend, Ann, had a different idea. She insisted I go to a more academic school. Ohio University in...
Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. (Arthur Christopher Benson, 19th-20th century English essayist and author) We know better, of course, but still we often think “the grass is greener on the other side of the fence,” so we want to...
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift from God, which is why we call it the present. (Bill Keane, late American cartoonist) It’s a play on words, of course: the present day is a gift from God. So was yesterday as tomorrow will be, too. If we...