by Mark Edge | Jun 27, 2024 | Employee Productivity
My son has a good singing voice and is musically talented. Still, I’ve never pushed him to get into the singing business. It is a tough field that can be very hard and discouraging. A case in point is a kid named Aaron. He was twenty and had been singing in...
by Mark Edge | Jun 21, 2024 | Employee Productivity
Have you ever heard of the word chutzpah? It is an old Yiddish word that describes someone who is audacious or has a lot of gall. Perhaps the best way to define it is through an old Yiddish joke. There was a man who murdered both of his parents. At his trial, he...
by Mark Edge | May 23, 2024 | Employee Productivity
I spoke at an event recently, and my wife, Judy, was with me. It went so well that after I finished, somebody who was supposed to talk about another subject instead spoke about how much my speech helped him. I felt very gratified, but something kept bugging me. I was...
by Mark Edge | May 9, 2024 | Employee Productivity
In 1967, a very famous movie called The Graduate came out. It was about a young man named Ben who graduated from college, but in his angst, he refused to get a job. He lived at home with his well-to-do parents and simply hung out. (He also allowed himself to get...
by Mark Edge | May 2, 2024 | Employee Productivity
A seagoing captain commanded a passenger ship sailing from Liverpool, England, to New York. His family was on board with him. One night, when everyone was asleep, a squall unexpectedly swept over the waters and tossed the ship violently, awakening the passengers. They...
by Mark Edge | Apr 25, 2024 | Employee Productivity
I read a story* explaining that Beethoven wrote Moonlight Sonata with a purpose. It was for the sake of someone else. He wrote it for a little girl who was blind. Somehow, he wished to convey beauty that she could not see. How do you describe the splendor of the...
