The Workedge Blog
Mark's RemarksStrive!
I want to tell you a story about a very sick boy. There were times when his lungs would constrict so much that he could barely breathe….Following doctors’ advice, his parents tried various treatments to help him. These included enemas, plunging him in cold baths, the consumption of whiskey and gin, smoking cigarettes, cigars, and marijuana. Drinking black coffee seemed to have had the best effect on him, but it was no cure….
Lombardi and the Kid Who Could Not Hear
Vince Lombardi was the iconic coach of the Green Bay Packers, who many claim is the greatest coach in NFL History. His teams were known for their precision and discipline because Lombardi demanded it. But Lombardi was more sensitive than some people ever realized…
You’re Going to Make it After All
I recently watched a documentary about a woman who married at 18, gave birth to a baby boy at 19, divorced at 25, and lost her only child when she was 43. During her second marriage, she also suffered a miscarriage. In that ordeal, she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Added to all this, her 21-year-old sister died from a drug overdose…
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…
Create Beauty or Blow It Up?
The question for you and me is, which choice do we want to make? Do we seek to be creators of beauty, adding to the world’s richness? Or do we choose to live our lives blowing things up, diminishing the beauty that others have created?
Do we want to generate quality work? Or do we want to tear the good work of others down?
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 years. His biographer, Michael McCambridge, recounts an incident that underscores Noll’s profound understanding of the power of knowledge. At the end of his career, Noll was walking through the William Penn Hotel dining room when he noticed two assistants talking at a table.
“What are you guys talking about?” asked Chuck.
“Total Recall,” they answered.
They were discussing the movie’s concept, which revolved around scientists developing the capacity “to inject specific memories and impressions into the brain.”
“Chuck,” one of them asked, “Can you imagine the power of injecting a completely new and different point of view into the human brain?”
Chuck leaned over to get closer to them, gazed at their faces, and said, “They’ve had that around for hundreds of years.”
“It’s called reading books.”