Sometimes I sound like an old person.
That’s OK because in July, I will be an official old person [65!]
From 1965 – 1969, I was a full-time college student AND a full-time Assistant Manger of Customer Service at the huge Sears store in Boston. I worked 40 hours a week and proudly earned a [...]
Continue Reading →This is a list of accomplished dyslexics…
Leonardo da Vinci, Pablo Picasso, Steve Jobs, Thomas Jefferson, John F. Kennedy, Thomas Edison, Tom Cruise, Cher, Orlando Bloom, Nelson Rockefeller, Lewis Carroll, Magic Johnson, Henry Ford, Whoopie Goldberg, Alexander Graham Bell, Richard Branson, John Lennon, Woody Harrelson, Steven Spielberg, George Washington and on and [...]
Continue Reading →Let me begin this concluding post on Staples by saying that I like the company and I am a Staples customer. I wish them well.
About fifteen years ago, I asked a friend for a favor. I asked my friend who went to Harvard with Staples founder, Tom Stemberg, to ask Stemberg if I could put one [...]
Continue Reading →Cead mile failte …. a hundred thousand welcomes …
HAPPY SAINT PATRICK’S DAY!
I’m Bill FitzPatrick from Boston. Unless you’re from Dublin, you can’t be more Irish than that.
However, I didn’t grow up thinking of myself being very Irish. My grandfather, Fitz Patrick, didn’t live with my grandmother very long. My [...]
Continue Reading →It is perfectly normal for twelve year old boys to get into some mischief.
Winter’s Day, snow on the ground, I was walking home from school and thought it was funny to throw snow balls at big trucks. Too late, I learned that one of my targets was a U.S. mail truck with an escort. I hit [...]
Continue Reading →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 →Dad’s Nice Shoes
My father is 88. He is still active mentally and physically.
One important lesson I learned from him is to be stay curious and ever eager to learn.
He always surprises me. A couple of weeks ago, he talked to me about “nice shoes.” My father has always been a hard [...]
Continue Reading →
The Action Principles®
The Master Success Courses
