The Workedge Blog
Mark's RemarksOffering Your Best in Things You Hate
I am sure there are certain things about your job that you hate doing. Choose to do them well. Offer your very best.
The Day I Took a Suitcase to a Speaking Engagement
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...
Staying on the Tricycle
In 2009, C. William Fisher wrote a book titled Don’t Park Here. In it, he includes the story of driving along the road with his then 4-year-old son sitting with him in the front seat. Fisher asked his son, “Byron, what do you want to be when you grow up...?” Byron’s...
Making Beautiful Music
Over thirty years ago, I first read about a study that analyzed how the significant sections of a symphony orchestra viewed each other. They regarded: those in percussion as uncaring, dim-witted, and exuberant those playing stringed instruments as egotistical and...
Lower the Bar; Raise the Performance
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...
An Act of Kindness
Joseph Pulitzer grew so influential in the field of journalism that they named their prizes after him. (It's a big deal to win the Pulitzer Prize.) Things did not start out so well for Pulitzer. He fought in the Civil War and returned to his home in New York City...