I Am a Hypocrite-and You Should Be Too

Every night, I decide to be a hypocrite the following morning. I set my alarm, and when it goes off in the morning, I immediately turn it off and jump straight out of bed. You may be asking yourself, why is that being a hypocrite? I don’t feel like getting out of bed....

Create Beauty or Blow It Up?

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who create beauty and those who blow it up. Which would you rather be? The Bee Gees have left an indelible mark on the music industry. They were one of the most successful singing groups in history. Their hits...

Total Recall

A legendary NFL coach, Chuck Noll, provides a compelling example of the value of reading and learning from historical figures. Noll, one of only two NFL coaches to have won at least four Super Bowls, was a Hall of Famer who coached the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23...

Where Mr. Smith Lives

Understanding customer needs is not just a sales tactic; it’s a fundamental principle. It’s the difference between trying to sell people to gain something for oneself and meeting people’s needs. Satisfying a need might very well equal a sale. An old story illustrates...

It Only Takes One

Billy Graham preached a lot of crusades, none more important than the one he preached in Los Angeles when he was 31 years old. A few months earlier, Graham was emotionally crushed when a crusade in Altoona, Pennsylvania, had been a disaster. Billy even considered...

Don’t Do What You Don’t Do Well

One of the most critical decisions in television history and for my personal entertainment was made over 60 years ago. A young television writer and sometime actor for a popular TV variety series in the 1950s decided to write a situation comedy in which he would star....