Tug!

  When a baby elephant is born in captivity and the trainer wants to ensure he can control the elephant, he places a rope on one of the calf’s legs and the rope is attached to a sturdy wooden post.  This is the first and most important step the trainer will take to keep the elephant within Read More

16 Things You May Not Know About Thanksgiving

391 years ago (1620) a group of 102 English settlers, who later became known as Pilgrims landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts aboard the Mayflower. Their leader was William Bradford (1590-1657) who governed the colony for most of the next 30 years. Bradford’s wife, Dorothy, drowned a few days before reaching Plymouth in Provincetown Harbor. The first Read More

What side of change are you on?

  Change is constant… For some of us…change is good! For others…it’s become the necessary evil we endure. Either we adapt or we agonize… Change comes…and then goes…opening the door for new change! So the question becomes…on which side of change are you? Here are a few examples of change we’ve all experienced or are Read More

Connecting the Dots – Remembering Steve Jobs

  A friend of mine has been on me for maybe the last six months to read the commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs back in 2005. Up until now I hadn’t. I was just too busy. Steve Jobs passed away yesterday. I read his commencement speech at Stanford, less than 24 hours later. Oh how I wish Read More

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

  22,674 men lost their lives in the American Revolutionary War to ensure the signing of the “Declaration of Independence” mattered 237 years ago. When was the last time you took the time to read it? Refresh your memory and hit the link below: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html On September 17, 1787, approximately 11 years and 2 months later, Read More