One could say that life is composed of the things that occur between a series of bookends. Our first bookend is established on the day we are born, and the last will be on the day that we die. But if you think about it, there are many other bookends within that span. We have yearly bookends that are noted by both our birthdays and the new year. Sometimes we have the bookends associated with starting a new job and eventually ending that relationship to begin another.…
PROFIT ISN’T A PURPOSE. IT’S A RESULT
TO HAVE PUROSE MEANS THE THINGS
WE DO ARE OF REAL VALUE TO OTHERS
– S. SINEK
Let’s talk about irony. In 2017, Reading PA was ranked as the most impoverished city in the nation. The city had the lowest 2016 median income ($25,865) combined with a poverty rate of 36.8% and a childhood poverty rate of 48.9%. That same year, the DoubleTree by Hilton, located in the city’s downtown, was ranked as the #1 DoubleTree in the world from among the 500 in the chain.…
“To be or not to be.
That is the question!”
-Hamlet (Act III)
Thus said Prince Hamlet in the “Nunnery Scene” as he contemplated his life, and struggled with avenging his father’s murder at the hands of his uncle, Claudius. Hopefully your days aren’t filled with decisions of this nature, but consider this, our lives are a series of choice-based decisions. We make choices about everything starting with our morning routines, our priorities through the day, and how we choose to end our evenings.…
Who are you serving? As you look back on the last week, how have you been of service to others? How did you help someone meet a challenge, solve a problem, overcome a fear, become a better person? Mahatma Gandhi told us, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service to others.” Muhammad Ali shared, “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. Denise Morrison, CEO of Campbell’s soup believes, “Leadership is service to others.”
Be careful of your thoughts, for your thoughts become your words;
Be careful of your words, for your words become your deeds;
Be careful of your deeds, for your deeds become your habits;
Be careful of your habits, for your habits become your character;
Be careful of your character, for your character becomes your destiny.
– AUTHOR UNKNOWN
America is facing a crisis of courage! I’m not talking about physical courage, that which can be developed through training and experience. I’m talking about moral courage!…