Tag: humility

Fame or greatness?

January 25, 2008 | 2 comments

  “Not everyone can be famous but everyone can be great…” ~ Martin Luther King   I like this quote because it gives needed perspective to the ambitious personality. We don’t need to be famous to live a rich successful

There’s always enough room

December 16, 2007 | 3 comments

A reader sent me the below, which is one of his favorite Christmas stories picked up from a 1966 Reader’s Digest.   The Christmas Invitation Luke 2:7   It was the biggest event of the year in the little town

Johnny the bagger

December 3, 2007 | 5 comments

Here is a must see video for anyone wondering whether they can make a difference in the world. It’s short. Johnny the bagger

Don’t worry about others

November 28, 2007 | 8 comments

How much time do you consume worrying about what other people are doing? Perhaps its concern about whether your spouse is living up to your expectations, or whether a co-worker is performing their job correctly, or whether a member on

What matters most in life?

September 25, 2007 | 6 comments

When I moved into my new office last spring, I immediately befriended my neighbor to the left of my space who was a sewing machine repairman. We frequently stepped into each other’s shops and said hi, exchanged a few pleasantries