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Generally speaking, we as humans tend to develop an us/them mindset when it comes to authority. It starts early for most of us, while we’re still in school, as those in authority over us emerge as “them”, and we, along…
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Today is my birthday, and because of that birthday, for the first time in almost a half-century I am now unemployed. Sleepless last night, I pondered this new reality. My mind gravitated to an idea about which I have often…
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Shakespeare’s words, “The world is a stage…” could easily be, “The world is a university, and everyone you know is a teacher.” Life is a thing we experience as a student and everyone we meet during that experience is a…
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One of the things I’ve enjoyed the most about being an airline pilot is the variety of people I have had the pleasure of sitting next to for hours on end. Around the dinner table in our home the family…
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It is a matter of fact that when you were born you were dealt a metaphorical hand of cards. These “cards” include things like, health, setting, parents, innate abilities, attractiveness, personality and so on. We tend to get a mix…
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The words we choose as we speak and think play a vital role in shaping who we are. For this reason I challenge you to consider your vocabulary and how it impacts who you are and how you think. Speaking…
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We are trained, I believe, to approach our jobs as merely jobs, just a place we have to be on Monday morning because that’s life. We perform whatever tasks are expected of us and we get off at quittin’ time.…
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The journey from who you are now to who you want to become is a long one and it can at times feel overwhelming. But don’t be intimidated. Being overwhelmed is an emotion that results from not knowing where to…
