Tag: Values

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What I Learned – Gas Authority & Coverys

    Welcome to Ron’s video blog called “What I Learned” where he describes what he has learned from his clients. If you click the image below, you will land on the video page to see Ron’s smiling face and hear his sultry voice! Or if you prefer to avoid all of that, you can […]

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Are You Worth Your Salt? (Part 2)

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Are You Worth Your Salt? (Part 2)

In my last article, I mentioned a phrase from my childhood about our being “worth our salt.” If you didn’t read it, click here: Are You Worth Your Salt? This article continues to focus on the remaining principles which I embrace. Hopefully, by seeing them, you will think more purposefully about the principles you value. […]

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Are You Worth Your Salt?

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Are You Worth Your Salt?

Several years ago in Golf Digest magazine, I read a story about a young golfer named Charlie Siem. He was playing in a tournament and after making the winning putt, he bent down to retrieve his ball from the cup. Immediately, he realized that the ball in the cup was not his. At some point […]

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Learning from the Journey

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Learning from the Journey

Part I The past thirty days has been quite a journey. Along the way, I discovered a few valuable things about myself, my family, and life in general. And isn’t that what our journey through life is all about—discovery, reflection, and understanding? On January 9th, my mother died. She was 94 years-old and until a […]

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It’s the Simple Things Isn’t It?

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It’s the Simple Things Isn’t It?

The older I get, the simpler I get. OK, that didn’t sound right, but you know what I mean. You see, I don’t appreciate unnecessary complexity since life is complex enough even when things are going well. For instance, when I travel, I use my phone as an alarm clock because the hotel alarm clocks […]

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What IS Leadership, Really?

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Is anyone befuddled by the fall from grace of so many leaders? Is anyone befuddled by the choices some leaders make as if nobody is watching? Is anyone captivated by the word befuddled? OK, maybe that last one is just me. Let’s be very clear. Part of the challenge for leaders is that they are […]

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Would You Have Reported Sandusky?

Thomas Paine said, “Character is much easier kept than recovered.” That makes me think of Penn State.  Lost character that may not ever be recovered. I find myself asking, “Why didn’t someone do something?”  And then I wonder, “Would I have done something?” Easier said than done. A number of years ago, my son Ryan […]

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Yankee Does the Right Thing

I love stories that show people doing the right thing – especially when it’s the opposite of what we all expect.  When Christian Lopez caught Derk Jeter’s 3,000th hit, we all probably fantasized about the potential revenue the ball could have generated for Lopez on eBay or Craig’s List. But he had a different fantasy. […]

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It Takes More Effort To Cheat Than to Do it Well

A Washington Post article reported that 140 teachers and 38 principals were involved in an organized cheating scandal to help students, schools, and districts meet targets required by standardized testing.  Here’s the full article:  Atlanta Public Schools Embroiled in Cheating Scandal I may be missing something here but wouldn’t it be better to put the […]

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Compton High School Student Learns to Do it Well at a Young Age

I heard a wonderful story on Headline News recently about Compton (CA) High School senior Allan Guei.  As a standout on the varsity basketball team, Allan entered a free-throw shooting contest sponsored by a marketing agency that wanted to produce a documentary to dispel negative beliefs about the Compton community. Guei won the competition and […]

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