So many times in our lives, we ask why certain things happen. Within the last week, I have been asked numerous times why certain people die while others who may be smarter or younger or more vital survive... And the…
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It's difficult to believe that one week ago we had just arrived at the Greenbrier and were checking in. The next morning, Monday, we had breakfast in the main dining room - the best breakfast buffet in the world, and we…
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Well, we should have been at the Greenbrier until Saturday, but I am writing tonight from home - back in Indiana. That's because there has been a tragedy - the son of a dear friend was killed in a motorcycle…
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Janet and I drove out to West Virginia today, to our favorite vacation spot, the Greenbrier, in order to celebrate our 42nd anniversary tomorrow in the mountains of West Virginia. It was 42 years ago this evening that we had…
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Today, I flew down to and back from Dallas on a one-day business trip. As most of you know, this happens at least several times a year when I visit my Dallas based client I have worked with for many…
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Janet and I are diligent about taking our daily regimen of pills and tablets. There are vitamins and allergy meds - and then some of the necessary stuff I take for blood pressure and cholesterol while Janet is more about…
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I have spent the last several days at a lodge in central Kentucky facilitating an off-site gathering for an executive leadership team. This is the third time I have been asked to join the team at this annual strategy session…
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I was watching CBS Sunday Morning earlier today and one of the segments had to do with interviewing people who were first-hand witnesses to the dropping of the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. Although the bomb was more powerful than…
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Each mid-August, you have become used to me writing about the one leadership conference I attend each year with Janet and our son, Andrew. And today, the Global Leadership Summit started. Although each year I am challenged by many of…
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With all the recent focus on space, probes and blue moons, most of us have been looking heavenward more than we usually do. And I am no exception. But last night, as I was fishing with our grandson, Drew, during his…
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