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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...