“Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and responsibility of our existence.” – Elihu Burritt
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy. Norman Schwarzkopf, US Army General (RET) The one characteristic of the greatest teams is so uncommon that few even consider it. This may be because none of us really knows […]
Conviction is Artwork DANO JUKANOVICH One definition of conviction relates to commitment or dedication or a deep belief in something, but this isn’t the root of the word. Conviction comes from the mid-15th Century Latin, meaning “the proving or convincing of guilt.” Guilt is a word that’s shunned in our […]
Do not worry that children never listen to you, worry that they are always watching you. Robert Fulgham, Author Research recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicates that for fathers acting as primary caregivers, the part of the brain responsible for “vigilance and reward” and […]
Religion can be the enemy of God. It’s often what happens when God has left the building. A list of instructions where there was once conviction; dogma where once people just did it; a congregation led by a man where once they were led by the Holy Spirit. Discipline replacing […]
Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and responsibility of our existence.” ELIHU BURRITT Aristotle said “‘Power will show the man;’ for the man in power is at once associated with and stands in relation to others.” Left to our own […]
We can either have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both Louis Barndeis, US SUpreme Court Justice John D. Rockefeller makes us think – robber baron. Larry Paige and Sergey Brin make us think – […]
When my daughter brings me an attitude from the gutter, I want to care so much for her, to empathize, to be in awe of her, like the newborn in the presence of its mother, that what I want and how I feel is whitewashed by the breadth of my […]
Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation – want rain without thunder and lighting. The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both moral and physical, but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a […]
