“Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.”
- George Washington

“Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.”
- King Solomon

“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”
- Theodore Roosevelt

First day of snow 2009… recap.
The “first” day of snow 2009 was a GREAT day.
Now, please understand…
The day was not just GREAT because… the office was closed.
The day was not just GREAT because… I slept in.
The day was not just GREAT because… I lounged around the house with my family.

The day was not just GREAT [...]

Finally our first snow day in 2009 isn’t it great.

* Photos from my guest writer, my daughter, Ayanna.

Hurt people, hurt people.
What type of impression will you leave on your children?
What memories will etch in their heart of your life?
What gifts will your children give back to you based on your example in their life?

Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
- Dr. David Schwartz

Scenario 1.
A 40 something year old married man, father of two, volunteers to coach his daughter’s 8 year old youth soccer team.  He immediately volunteered to coach as soon as the offer was raised for a parent-coach.  He had “experience playing” soccer and the parents nonchalantly approved.
During the beginning of the season, the coach ran [...]

People of high self-esteem are not driven to make themselves superior to others. They do not seek to prove their value by measuring themselves against a comparative standard. Their joy is being who they are, not in being better than someone else.
- Nathaniel Branden

If you think of yourself to be something, when you are nothing, you deceive yourself.