Bob Mahr

From someone who has a blog titled, “Hope is not a Strategy”, this is an interesting title. My issue with ‘hope’ is when it is used as a verb. A verb means work and sitting around hoping is not work. I have no issue with ‘hope’ or in this case, hopeful, when it is a […]

This is part two of our four-part collaboration with my friend and fellow writer, Nick Halaris of Profit+, on morality. Back in April we published our first article, “Toothpaste and the Moral Compass”, about the profound importance of building a moral compass in life.  This piece is an essay about the relationship between morality and

When I was developing content in my role as a High School Football and Character Coach, I sketched out a bunch of lessons around the “Be A …, Not A …” concept. I began sharing them in this blog in groups of 4-6 concepts per blog and this is my seventh edition. To see Parts

The Sunday Gospel reading at Mass was the Parable of the Good Samaritan, found in Luke 10:25-37. The parable is told by Jesus about a Jewish traveler who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road. A Priest and then a Levite come by both avoiding the man. A Samaritan happens

We need to pursue excellence as opposed to a sole focus on attaining a goal or winning. Change our focus to the inputs and process and not just the results. I finally read the book, Atomic Habits by James Clear – a great read that I highly recommend. I especially liked the section on Goals

  When Jimmy Buffett passed away in September 2023, I had a couple of friends ask me when there would be a blog highlighting Jimmy and his music. This was a legitimate question as I was a Parrothead 5 years before there was officially such a thing and I was once accused by a work

I took a sales training course several decades ago, where the concept of “going for the no” was presented. I remember my Company President being quite dismayed at this and not really in favor. However, the “radical” concept does have a lot of merit and can be effective in managing a sales rep’s time. The

The dictionary definition of retirement is “to withdraw from service, to have no more use or meaning.” When a company retires a machine from service, it no longer needs the machine, or the machine has no value to offer. The Navy mothballs ships as a way of retirement. Car manufacturers retire car models because they

“When you give in to aversion and anger, it’s as though, having decided to kill someone by throwing him into a river, you wrap your arms around his neck, jump into the water with him, and you both drown.” – Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche A synonym for the word aversion as used in the above quote

I was having a conversation with my nephew about making sure he takes care of himself. That he gets poured into as well as pouring himself into others. He smiled and replied with the phrase, “put your mask on first.” Having been a business traveler for several decades with many of those trips requiring a