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 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....
by Mark Edge | Jan 30, 2026 | Emotional Health, Employee Productivity, Spiritual Health
“On September 26, 1983, the world came within minutes of nuclear annihilation.” We could all be dead or never born…if everyone had worked according to protocol and training. The Crisis Imagine yourself in Stanislav Petrov’s position on September 26, 1983. You...
by Mark Edge | Jan 25, 2026 | Emotional Health
If you know me, you know I love the old Dick Van Dyke Show. So you can imagine how pleased I was when Dick Van Dyke celebrated his 100th birthday last month. He enjoys incredibly good health for a man his age. PBS recently released a documentary on his iconic life,...
by Mark Edge | Nov 12, 2025 | Emotional Health, Employee Productivity
Twenty-five years ago, I stumbled upon a copy of the Library of Congress magazine, Civilization, while waiting at the dentist’s office. One of the articles captured my imagination, and I’d like to summarize it for you. I give full credit to Civilization for the...
