Sportscaster Frank Deford was a young reporter in the New York Yankees' locker room. He observed the legendary newspaper writer, Dick Young, interview a player. He saw Young shouting obscenities...
Celebrities don't make the biggest impact on our lives—the people close to us do.
Jim’s employees loved his availability. A project running late? Jim made time to help. Personal problem? Jim made time to listen. Middle manager in a quandary? Count on Jim to sit down and...
Transcript As a young Raytheon engineer in 1945, Percy Spencer should have been hard at work on military radar. Instead, he was distracted and a bit angry at the spreading stain on his...
Transcript Two things about Carol and her decisions. One, she was usually right. And two, right or wrong, she was always certain. The thing is, Carol’s style left little room for input. And...
Transcript Henry messed up. Under a tough deadline, he miscalculated the numbers and put too low a price in his proposal. Of course, the client jumped on it. And, of course, Henry’s company...
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Transcript Harlan had a respectable restaurant business. Then the interstate came through—several miles away—and took his customers. But Harlan also had a signature dish. He believed if he could sell the recipe, he...
Transcript Can you imagine a pro athlete who would knowingly disqualify himself from a full year of competition? I'm thinking of a pro golfer who did just that: J. P. Hayes. The Q-School...
"Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes."
For twenty years, Tom ministered to the poor. Now he writes musicals. His second musical recently went to the Lincoln Center's showcase of new works.
When my son was just learning to talk, I carried him around the house in my arms and pointed out things to...
My friend Dwight doesn’t usually carry a cell phone, and I asked him why not. “Well,” he said, “have you ever noticed how people with phones feel like they have to answer them...
In the 1920s, pastor Bates Burt didn't understand his son Alfred's fascination with new, unsettling jazz.. But he supported it—even letting him practice drums in the rectory attic!
We're paying considerable attention these days to greedy people. Not all of this attention is good. For those of us who believe that leadership in the world of corporate business can be an...
A new leadership style is coming, and it arrived washing the disciples' feet. It is leadership that serves.
"Locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks." (Proverbs 30:27) ...
Author and educator John Erskine was 14 when his piano teacher asked him if he practiced an hour at a time. John said yes. His teacher said, "Well, don’t! When you grow up...
Vince Lombardi was a football coach who led his Green Bay Packers to five NFL Championships. He was a stern disciplinarian who hated to lose. Sometime in the 1960s, after a hard-fought victory,...
