As a child, I remember looking into our neighbor’s yard and thinking their grass seemed so much greener than ours. When I asked my Mom about that, she told me, “Their grass just seemed greener. It really wasn’t.” As an adult, I know better. Sometimes the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. But I also know …
Richard Whitely, a young British TV reporter, was interviewing a farmer on the wild uplands of Wensleydale about the hardships of hill farming. After the interview, Richard was curious about the time because he had to get his film crew off to lunch. Not having a watch, Richard asked the farmer what time it was. “Aye, lad,” he said. “Ah’ll …
My first career was in corrections, working as a counselor in a juvenile reformatory. I worked with robbers, pimps, addicts, and hustlers. And most of the boys came from really tough circumstances. Nonetheless, I would constantly tell them that their future … their success and achievement or their failure and setback … would all be determined by their answer to …
You are never a neutral force. You are always making your workplace, your family, and the world a better or poorer place to work and live. And the key distinguishing factor in whether you are influencing things for the better or not is whether you are a BOH or a DOH. Are you a Builder of HOPE or are you …
