Years ago, in doing research for a Football Character Presentation, I came across an interesting tidbit from our Founding Fathers. Both George Washington and John Adams used similar lines in letters they wrote during the American Revolution: “No one can guarantee success. I can guarantee something better. We will deserve success” “It is not […]
The ‘last mile’ is a phrase widely used in the telecommunications industry, the industry in which I make my living. It refers to the final leg of the network that delivers services to customers; that portion of the network that physically reaches the end-user’s premises. The last mile is typically the speed bottleneck in communication
I am not exactly sure where or when I first heard the phrase “hope is not a strategy.” In fact, it is debatable as to who conceived the phrase. I have seen it attributed to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani who used the phrase, “Because ‘change’ is not a destination, just as ‘hope’
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Easter Sunday sermons often mention the large stone in front of the tomb and the spices being brought by the women. As the women arrived at the tomb they were concerned about circumstances – how would they move the large stone, and would the spices be enough. They lost focus on the vision Jesus had
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A few years ago, I was struck by the fact that the only ‘ask’ of us in the Lord’s prayer is forgiveness. That’s it, everything else is what the Lord can do for us – give us our daily bread, lead us not into temptation, deliver us from evil. Combine that with the greatest commandment
One night in a hotel while on business travel, I was flipping through the channels and came across the ending of the movie “Walter Mitty”. It was the scene where Sean Penn’s character opts not to take the rare photo of a snow leopard that he calls the ‘ghost cat’, a photo he has been
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The Navy Seals have an adage – “Under pressure, you don’t rise to the occasion; you sink to the level of your training. That’s why we train for excellence.” This was in a Harvard Business Review article that was debating the business merits of training versus education. The failure of so many smart and talented
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A favorite line of mine from the movie Gladiator is from General Maximus Decimus Meridius (Russell Crowe’s character), who is preparing for a battle that seems like an inevitable loss: “Whatever comes out of these gates, we’ve got a better chance of survival if we work together. If we stay together, we survive.” The men
It is early February and time for a furry rodent to stick his head out of the ground and tell us how much longer winter will last. It is also “Candlemas Day” and the two are related. Yes, Groundhog Day has its roots in the Bible. The Gospel of Luke (Luke 2:22-40) describes the
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To me the expression ‘reaching across the aisle’ is hogwash. If you look at it, it means we have kept our feet firmly planted where we stand and are reaching with our arms. If we are going to meet on common ground, then let’s not reach across the aisle – but meet in the aisle.
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