Cardinal Bernadin of Chicago died of cancer in 1996. A few years earlier, a man accused the Cardinal of a crime he did not commit. The charge was on CNN before Bernadin heard...
The great golf legend Bobby Jones lost the prestigious U. S. Open Championship when he penalized himself. The ball moved slightly. Only Jones saw it happen, but he knew he had to take...
That afternoon, every employee in Jenny’s department watched the clock nervously. At 3 p.m., emails would go out to those getting laid off. At 3:01, her inbox dinged. Jenny was out of work. ...
Ray's new botany teacher handed him a river plant and told him to study its leaves, roots, and blossom. Fifteen minutes later...
Never forget that your story does not begin with you. What begins with you is every new opportunity to answer.
I was 14 when I made my first speech without using notes.
The team had met twice now, and John believed he’d been left out of the loop both times. In the break room, when he approached certain people, conversation appeared to stop. Rejection haunted...
For several years, Pastor Michael Catt of Albany, Georgia, was haunted by "if onlys." If only I had a church in Atlanta. If only I had a bigger church.
The famous author and ad man, James D. Woolfe, once told Forbes magazine about his first lesson in job-hunting. ...
