Sometimes You Need a Different Shovel
Let me tell you another true story. A friend of mine, who I will call Tom, took a summer job with a company that was an asphalt paving contractor. Asphalt is a black tar-like substance that is used to cover surfaces. The asphalt is typically created…
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Can You Pull The Silver Handle?
Some friends of mine decided to try skydiving a short while ago for the first time. I decided to go with them to observe and lend my support. I used to skydive frequently. I have survived a couple of interesting “emergency” situations with parachutes in…
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Wax On, Wax Off?
Have you ever helped someone with the best intentions and have the situation turn out as a big disaster? Did your helpful acts have long lasting negative effects? Did your actions enable another person not to accept responsibility for their own actions? Let me tell…
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Are You Perfect, Excellent or Just Good?
There is a series entitled “A Football Life” on the NFL network on cable television. One of the programs in the series includes a two-part episode about the legendary football coach of the Green Bay Packers in the 1960’s, Vice Lombardi. In part one, in an episode entitled…
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Are You Checking Your Sunshine or Your Shoeshine?
A while ago, I was watching a TV show on the NFL network about the Green Bay Packers of the 1960’s when Vice Lombardi was the head coach. The show is called A Football Life. Coach Lombardi had a habit of being very demanding with his players and constantly yelling…
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