The Power of Responsibility
What we are today is a direct result of the extent to which we accept responsibility. “It’s been said that the line between childhood and adulthood is crossed when we move from saying “It got lost” to “I lost it.” Indeed, being accountable – and understanding and accepting the role our choices play in the things [...]
Continue reading...17. August 2010
Warren Buffett’s 7 Secrets for Living a Happy and Simple Life
Secret #1: Happiness comes from within. “In my adult business life I have never had to make a choice of trading between professional and personal. I tap-dance to work, and when I get there it’s tremendous fun.” — Warren Buffett If you do what you love and love what you do, you’ll naturally be productive. [...]
Continue reading...27. May 2010
If You Get Bucked Off; Get Back On
Growing up on a small farm had a lot of advantages. Living with my grandparents through my high-school years, in Snowflake, AZ, also had its privileges. In addition to learning the fastest way to clean stalls filled with horse manure (my grandpa always told me that you can learn a lot from the end of [...]
Continue reading...25. May 2010
Lessons I Learned as a Boy
I am confident that as we scan our personal corridors of memory we can all recall lessons that we learned in our youth. Some memories may be pleasant while others might be disheartening. Despite the circumstances that our lessons came in or the situations in which they were made we all have the power to [...]
Continue reading...24. May 2010
The Opportunity of Adversity
Born with no shin bones, it would be easy to think that Aimee Mullins would be content with leading a “disabled” life or at best a “normal” life. Instead of buying in to her reasonable excuse to live a life of mediocrity Aimee decided at a young age that she wanted and was worth much [...]
Continue reading...18. May 2010
Is Involvement the Key? A Life Lesson from 4 Year Old Ethan.
On Tuesday, May 11, 2010 in Layton, Utah, four year old Ethan Jonathan David Stacy was killed after being severely tortured and beaten by his step-father and mother, Nathan and Stephanie Sloop. I have to step back and take a broader look at this picture and wonder if this needless death could have been prevented. [...]
Continue reading...4. May 2010
Utah Obituaries on ObitsUtah.com
For decades obituaries have been posted in local newspapers and this has typically been the medium in notifying the public about the death of a family member or friend. However, with the advent of the internet and digital age traditional newspaper listings are quickly becoming a commodity of the past. ObitsUtah has recently developed and [...]
Continue reading...3. March 2010
Is Entrepreneurialism Free?
It’s shocking how many entrepreneurs also support bigger government. It’s an oxymoron and the two cannot coexist. Mixing big government and entrepreneurialism are like trying to mix oil with water; the two cannot and will not go together. What happened to the entrepreneurial spirit where ‘I will provide’, ‘I will be creative’, ‘I will be [...]
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28. August 2010
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