For fifteen years, I ran a program for teenage court offenders. Sometimes I taught the students and sometimes they taught me. A big part of my job was trying to find employment for these guys.
I will always remember Julio.
“Bill, I don’t want any of your stupid jobs – hired, fired, hired, fired.”
“Julio, if you want to [...]
Continue Reading →You are a kid. Your family owns a dry cleaner. You are forced to work in that dry cleaner for short money while your friends hang out. You feel sorry for yourself.
DO NOT feel sorry for yourself. Feel sorry for your friends. Because now or at some future date, you will realize the tremendous [...]
Continue Reading →Other than amputation, you lose twenty pounds in increments.
It is pound by pound and ounce by ounce.
It is that moment when you choose a salad and a bowl of spaghetti with meatballs rather than forgetting the salad and eating two bowls of spaghetti with meatballs.
It is that moment when you stop at two cookies.
It is that [...]
Continue Reading →Harold Connolly died this week.
Harold Connolly won the Olympic Gold Medal in the hammer throw in 1956.
Harold Connolly was physically handicapped. He had a withered arm. One of his arms was four inches shorter than the other arm.
How did Harold Connolly triumph over his diability?
Because he was determined. Because he chose to.
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Continue Reading →After 50+ years of interest in the subject, I have my idea. I call it 10-70-20.
10. Ten percent of people through their own fault or no fault of their own need a handout.
70. Seventy percent of people are content to be led or to await for opportunity.
20. Twenty percent of [...]
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