Charlie Ward died when he was 73 years of age, but oh, what a life he lived. When I read this true story of Charlie Ward in the excellent book “The 25 Most Common Problems in Business” by Jim Zabloski, I knew it was a story that I had to share with you. The reason I wanted to share his story is because it represents thousands, perhaps millions, of people across America who started out on the wrong side of the tracks but became an exemplary model of what a…

The famous anthropologist Margaret Mead once said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” In case you don’t know, anthropology is “the study of human behavior and why we do the things we do.” I hope you will read and listen with both ears today, as I have something really important to share with you. I am only one of millions of Americans who are sick and tired of the direction our country has…

Have you ever read or heard something that would have been funny if it were not so close to the truth? Sometime back a faithful reader, Dorothy Kuhn from the great state of Kentucky, sent me something that certainly qualifies. It is an article titled, “What if Noah Tried to Build the Ark Today?” We all know the story of Noah and the Ark in the Bible, so please allow me to share this article with you. It begins: “And the Lord spoke to Noah and said, ‘In one year,…