When my son Howard was about four, every morning as I left for work, he had a set little question: "Daddy, where are you going?" And every morning, I'd say, "Son, I'm going...
Marie de Tilly is an expert on manners. She preaches the "3 by 20 rule." Here's the rule: The first minute of a first impression has three parts of 20 seconds each: ...
The people of Bayview, Virginia, lived in shacks, used outhouses, and hauled water from wells. Generation after generation stayed mired in grinding poverty. Then a longtime resident, Alice Coles...
Major Applewhite was starting quarterback at the University of Texas. As a sophomore, he was Big 12 co-offensive player of the year. He held or shared 40 school records. Yet Major Applewhite...
Lyle Lovett is a Texas A&M graduate—from Klein, Texas—whose highly original blues/country/jazz/gospel music is known worldwide. Texas Monthly editor Evan Smith observes that Lovett’s "Large Band"...
At the end of the nineteenth century, an American newspaperman tracked Nobel Prize Winner, Marie Curie, to a remote cottage in France. Outside the door, the reporter found a rather dowdy woman. ...
At age 17, high school soccer star Amy Caldwell was her state's player of the year. In fact, she led her high school team to the finals of its state tournament. But suddenly...
Remember that failure is predictable, but how you use it is full of possibility.
A woman named Deborah was teaching her young daughter to count. One memorable day, the little girl realized that numbers could express quantity. She said, “Mommy, I love you 10 times.”
