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 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 | Oct 18, 2023 | Emotional Health
In the seventh grade, I turned 13. That year, my classmates and I were allowed to compete in track and field meets for the first time, representing Good ’ol Memorial Jr. High School. My friend David Simons and I became fascinated with the pole vault, and we built a...
by Mark Edge | Oct 5, 2023 | Emotional Health, Employee Productivity, Spiritual Health
How often have you been trying to meet a deadline, and a visitor drops by your office? Or you’re selling a product, and you get a service call? Or, as a parent, you lie on the couch while your child naps, only to have the phone ring? Interruptions can exhaust our...
by Mark Edge | Sep 28, 2023 | Emotional Health, Employee Productivity, Spiritual Health
I have a friend who grew up in East Texas in Wills Point. He recalled last week that a fellow moved into Van Zandt County a few years ago and began a men’s Bible study shortly after. My friend’s dad joined the group and thoroughly enjoyed it. Deion Sanders...
by Mark Edge | Aug 20, 2023 | Emotional Health, Employee Productivity
Organizations that do not show proper care to their people lose employees. Losing employees cost employers money. In her June 30, 2015 article in Bloomberg News, Rebecca Greenfield reported that more employers are changing their emphasis from higher salaries to...
