It was the Depression and people cut back on eating out. My grandfather’s restaurant failed and the family’s life changed in an instant. They moved out of the nice place they found when the restaurant was thriving and wound up in a third floor walkup. My grandfather went to work for the railroad, managing the » Read More
Tag: Personal Development
The Successful People I Know
I’ve known many successful people in my life. They’re successful in many aspects of their lives and they’re happy with the life they have. They have several things in common. The successful people I know are optimistic realists. They believe that they can affect the quality of their life and they’re » Read More
Tom had great potential once
Tom wasn’t a “hi po.” That term wasn’t invented back in the mid-1970s when he got out of college and went to work. Back then they called people like Tom, “fast trackers.” He set the record for being promoted from the Management Trainee program to Assistant Manager. He moved soon to » Read More
Fundamental Advice for a Young Leader
During a brief chat on Twitter the other evening, Noah Lomax challenged me with the following question. “Any fundamental advice you would give to a young leader who wants to develop leadership ability?” I told him that had to think about it before I answered. Here’s my best shot. Figure out » Read More
Elective Surgery and Leadership
I’m blessed with a deep, distinctive voice. I had nothing to do with it, all the credit goes to God and my ancestors. My children refer to it as “The Voice.” Two of them have it as well. I thought about this after reading a post on Jobmouse with the title “Deep Male Voices are Indicative of Good » Read More