Category Archives: Dale Carnegie

Things to do with training and positive looks at our world

The Tribe We Choose: Understanding the Lost Before They Burn the World

This morning, I saw the mugshots of several young individuals arrested in Texas for conspiring to kill ICE officers. And as I looked into their faces, one thought hit me hard: Evil comes in many different packages. Not every monster … Continue reading

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MotivationU: The Road I’ve Never Taken…Until I Did

I was driving back from Panama City last weekend.The GPS took me a different way home—a way I’d never gone before.Normally, I’d shut it off. Go back the way I know.But something in me said… trust it.It was dark. Raining. … Continue reading

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The Cost of Contempt

Why Disagreeing Shouldn’t Mean Dehumanizing We’ve all felt it—that tension when politics comes up. But today, it’s more than discomfort. It’s contempt. Somewhere along the way, we’ve stopped trying to understand one another and started trying to win at all … Continue reading

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The Rainy Days I Miss The Most

There was a time in my life when a rainy day felt like a curse. Now, I realize it was a gift. The Boredom I Couldn’t Wait to Escape When I was young—maybe twelve or thirteen—rainy days felt endless. I’d … Continue reading

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Thoughts On A Sunday Night

July 16, 2023 and I am watching the sun go down in our backyard in Georgia. Summer seems to be cruising by and there is no way to slow it down. When up pops a stream of thought that just … Continue reading

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Focus on the Good: Lifting Others Up in Their Lowest Moments

Everyone has their low moments, even us. At times, it’s easy to feel down, lonely, and helpless. In these trying times, it is crucial to support one another and find the good in others, even when it feels impossible. Today … Continue reading

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Time Time Ticking

Ticking away…Don Henley wrote “Time time ticking, ticking away.” Pink Floyd also wrote about time, “Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day…”. Jackson Browne wrote in the song The Pretender, “They say in the end its the … Continue reading

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Changes – Options – Growth

“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” Albert Einstein As we wander, or wonder, through life, it can be the simple daily routines that can challenge us the most. As I read people’s pages, their blogs, hear the podcasts … Continue reading

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Morning Ramblings

What a great way to start the day. Up early, time with Buffett, morning breakfast with coffee and time writing. Do some reading and make the day bounce into the world! Some of the things that happen in life are … Continue reading

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Time

Reading a book and the OJ case just came up, in a fiction book. Reminded me how that event was a big part in my life. NOT that the event was, what was going on IN MY LIFE , it … Continue reading

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