[April 25, 2022]  Driving with my 15-year-old in the car and listening to the radio was great for our father-daughter relationship.  We got to talk, relax, and see the countryside.  I’d purposefully selected a radio station that played current music appealing to teenagers, or so I thought. This car trip was in 2003, shortly after I’d been ordered… Read More »

[April 24, 2022]  Practice your words; it is the most powerful thing about you.  Learn to write properly, speak plainly, and read well.  That is the most powerful thing you can do. A purpose of a proper childhood upbringing and a formal education system is to teach us to think.  Thinking makes you act correctly in the world. … Read More »

[April 23, 2022]  Surround yourself with good people who want the best for you; learn from those who are better, faster, and wiser than you are; avoid ‘negative nellies.’ In the study of history, we learn that some of the greatest leaders all had something in common.  They surrounded themselves with good people.  Alexander the Great, King of… Read More »

[April 22, 2022]  Be loyal to your family, respect them, honor and protect them.  Dedicate yourself to their well-being, for they are the ones who are on your team. Loyalty is too frequently underrated.  We are all flawed beings with particular and often curious preferences and attractions.  We also tend to veer off the path of good to… Read More »

[April 21, 2022]  Embrace failure, learn and move on.  Remember that failure is only temporary. Failure has been around since Adam and Eve ate the apple in the Garden of Eden.  They would “become like God” if they ate it, so claimed the serpent.  Sadly, Adam and Eve believed the lie and chose to eat the apple in… Read More »

[April 20, 2022]  It’s your turn in the “box.”  Be responsible.  Get off your butt and move on with your life. Decision time.  Either you choose full responsibility for your life, or you don’t.  There are no maybe, kinda, or half-measures; this is an all-or-nothing idea.  Life is about having a family, friends, a job (or school), plans… Read More »

[April 19, 2022]  I like to tell the story about my first duty assignment in the Army.  Two of us new arrivals were paired up and sent to a small military base in West Germany, located just outside a rural town – Siegelsbach.  There were some rough Soldiers who were stationed there.  Upon joining the unit, my friend… Read More »

[April 18, 2022]  Discipline is very very difficult.  You don’t get discipline from your parents, your grandparents, from your Drill Sergeant.  You don’t get discipline from your job, boss, or spouse.  You get discipline from yourself.  It matters not where you come from, who you are, your gender, race, background, and the lot; it matters not. If you… Read More »

[April 16, 2022]  I grew up in the Deep South and attended church services every Sunday with my family and neighbors.  Like so many boys of that young age, I was fidgety in my seat, squirming because I was bored and impatient.  Looking back upon those times sitting in the pews next to my brother and sister, I… Read More »