by Mark Edge | Nov 29, 2023 | Emotional Health
I was reading a biography of George Washington recently and came across a passage that intrigued me. The writer spoke of George Washington’s happy return to Mt. Vernon after completing his second presidential term. For over twenty years, George’s life had been...
by Mark Edge | Nov 22, 2023 | Emotional Health
Growing up, I had always heard about Lou Gehrig’s famous speech as a dying man: “Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this Earth….” But I had never read the extensive context of that story until a few years ago when I bought a copy of Luckiest Man:...
by Mark Edge | Nov 16, 2023 | Employee Productivity
I am a big fan of the new book Stay Sane in an Insane World by Greg Harden. If you haven’t heard about it, it is written by a sports psychologist who worked for several decades at the University of Michigan. Among the athletes Harden impacted were Heisman Trophy...
by Mark Edge | Nov 9, 2023 | Emotional Health
A few years ago, I had a speaking engagement. I arrived, carrying the most enormous suitcase we owned packed with stuff. It weighed between 55 and 60 pounds. When I walked into the facility, various people asked me why I had the suitcase. I told them I did not have...
by Mark Edge | Nov 3, 2023 | Employee Productivity
In 2009, C. William Fisher wrote a book titled Don’t Park Here. In it, he includes the story of driving along the road with his then 4-year-old son sitting with him in the front seat. Fisher asked his son, “Byron, what do you want to be when you grow up…?”...
