by Mark Edge | Mar 9, 2026 | Emotional Health, Employee Productivity
By all appearances, Paul Anka was washed up. The Taylor Swift of his period, Paul was an exceptional songwriter and singer who hit stardom in his mid-teens. He became world famous. Married a beautiful French model. But in his 20s, the Beatles came to America. They...
by Mark Edge | Mar 4, 2026 | Emotional Health, Employee Productivity
What would you do if you’d had enough? Alysa Liu retired at 16. She’d had enough of figure skating. Arthur Liu fled China after the Tiananmen Square protests, became a U.S. lawyer, married, and had four children. Alysa, born August 8, 2005, became the youngest...
by Mark Edge | Feb 25, 2026 | Spiritual Health
How would you like to work at a circus? I heard a story about a man who thought that sounded like a good idea. So he walked right up to the circus owner and said, “I’d like to apply for a job.” The owner looked him up and down. “So, what can you do?” The man...
by Mark Edge | Feb 18, 2026 | Employee Productivity
How many people do you know who love to give speeches? Let me tell you a story. Picture a man pacing nervously, back and forth. He runs into a woman who says, “You always get nervous before you speak?” “No,” he lies, “I never do.” She asks, “In that case, what are...
by Mark Edge | Feb 13, 2026 | Emotional Health, Employee Productivity, Spiritual Health
It’s Super Bowl Sunday, but let’s go back to a college football field. Kent Waldrep, a halfback for TCU, takes the ball on a sweep. Four defenders crash into him. He hits the ground and instantly knows something is wrong. He can’t move—paralyzed from the neck down....
