Passion At Work and Life: Loving What You Do
Some time ago I came across a poster containing what is called the “Holstee Manifesto,” a provocative challenge by leaders from Holstee, a company that ...
A Solution Better Than Butting Heads
Last week’s “Monday Manna” looked at consequences of submitting to the insistent demands of our egos, doing whatever is necessary to ensure getting what we ...
Afflicted By The 'Verdi Virus'
From the life of the operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi comes the story of one night when he performed a piano recital at La Scala in ...
How Do You Handle Your Anger?
Two executives had become locked in an ongoing feud that was beginning to have a negative impact on their company. After all internal efforts to ...
Resolution For The New Year: Be Real
Innovations in the world of communications have been wonderful. We can use social media to stay in contact with friends and colleagues and reconnect with ...
Restoring a Proper Emphasis For Christmas
Being a follower of Jesus Christ, I celebrate the birthday of Jesus on December 25, as do billions of other Christians around the world. No ...
Finding Help In Times of Adversity
An old cowboy spent years working cattle ranches where winter storms took a heavy toll among the herds due to freezing rains and howling, bitter ...
Rude and Disruptive…or Respectful?
There seems to be an epidemic of callous, disrespectful behavior in today’s workplace. Yet, strangely enough, such demonstrations many times are not penalized. Sometimes they ...
Character or Reputation: You Choose
If you needed to select an attorney, a new CPA, a different supplier, or perhaps a new janitorial service for your office, how would you ...
Thanksgiving: Not a Game of Comparisons
Just about every culture has a time for celebrating the harvest and thanking God for another year’s provision. In the United States, Thanksgiving goes back ...
Virtues of Hard Work and Determination
If someone were to ask you what is the primary factor for achieving success, what would be your answer? That was a question Kent Humphreys, ...
The Gain Is Not Worth The Pain!
Looking back over the news headlines the last two years, there seems to be a recurring pattern with many top business leaders and sports figures ...
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