Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Gratitude”
The old man lived alone because his only son was in prison. One day the old man wrote a letter to his son, saying: Dear Son, I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won’t be able to plant my potato garden this year. I’m just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you …
About a hundred years ago, Czech author Franz Kafka wrote: “There are two cardinal sins from which all the others spring: impatience and laziness.” In today’s world, it wouldn’t be politically correct to call someone lazy or impatient. So we talk about entitlement instead. And every day, the national news is filled with stories that showcase an entitlement attitude. Of …
In the process of conducting research for my latest book, The Payoff Principle, I surveyed a thousand people, asking them what they wanted out of life and work. By far, the number one answer was, “I just want to be happy.” That’s fine. I get it. The problem was, when I probed deeper, almost no one knew HOW to find …
“You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, American philosopher When people called the office of attorney Robert Kaner to express their condolences for his passing away, they had good intentions. But the Minnesota attorney, Robert M. Kaner had to explain that he was still alive. It …
