I don’t think I have ever heard of Johnstown, PA, the Tribune Democrat or Andy Lasky until today. I recieved a Google alert which led me to an article he wrote in the Democrat today. If  you have a love/hate relationship with TV (as I do), question the quality of what is on TV, or are constantly switching channels when children are in the room, it might be worth reading Andy’s article.  You might have a different viewpoint than Andy but you might also enjoy his description of his introduction to Ted Turner (he told Ted that TV ruined his marriage). With good judgement and limitations, I think TV can enhance life, without those things, I think it’s a barrier to Living Rich.

Tim Richardson is an inspirational speaker who speaks about how giving increases employee morale, lowers employee turnover, increases customer loyalty and creates higher profits for Fortune 500 companies. He is founder of the Bill Walter Melanoma Research Fund. For more information on Tim, go to www.TimRichardson.com

A few weeks ago, I was intereviewed on the nationally televised talk show Living the Life. The show aired today so I have provided a link for anyone who would like to watch: Keynote speaker Tim Richardson’s interview (the segment I am on starts at time code 9:20 or you can watch the segment on how to get organized first). One of the things I talked about was what it means to be RICH (since Forbes magazine came out with their 27th annual list of the 400 Richest People in America this week). I commented on that as well as my list of the REAL Richest People in America. 

Tim Richardson is an inspirational speaker who speaks about how giving increases employee morale, lowers employee turnover, increases customer loyalty and creates higher profits for Fortune 500 companies. He is founder of the Bill Walter Melanoma Research Fund. For more information on Tim, go to www.TimRichardson.com

After years of thinking about it, I finally converted - to a Mac. Understand, I have been a LONG time IBM man (I worked for them out of college during the early years of the PC). I even owned an IBM PC Jr (which make an excellent conversation if you want to talk with yourself). When I got my MacBook, my son was entranced. He was as interested in the Ipod Touch Screen as much as anything and HE can’t stop talking about it. As I thought of his attraction to the Ipod, it reminded me of a conversation I had last week with a college professor who is considering changes careers. He told me that he really misses the interaction with students. “Why is there no interaction”, I asked.  He told me there were two reasons: 1) because most classes “meet” online and 2) When the students are in class they are sending text messages to their friends. He told me it’s a different world. He went on to say that tomorrow’s business leaders would be extremely lacking. Interestinly, the next day, I read an article in USA Today titled Plugin in, Tuning Out by journalism professor Don Campbell. It’s worth a read and worth rethinking how much exposure we give our kids to technology.

I’d much rather deny my kids the Ipod Touch now then to lose touch today.

Tim Richardson is an inspirational speaker who speaks about how giving increases employee morale, lowers employee turnover, increases customer loyalty and creates higher profits for Fortune 500 companies. He is founder of the Bill Walter Melanoma Research Fund. For more information on Tim, go to www.TimRichardson.com

Today I spoke with my friend Tom Tuohy. Tom is an amazing man who is making the world a better place. Twenty years ago, he had an idea to have a Christmas party in inner city Chicago for kids who otherwise won’t have Christmas. This year, his Dreams for Kids non-profit, is hosting Holiday for Hope events in over twenty countries. 

If you want to make a difference for young people and have your best holiday season ever, contact Tom and host a Holiday for Hope event in your state or country. 

Fame or integrity: which is more important? Money or happiness: which is more valuable? Success or failure: which is more destructive? If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher

I am not sure how I missed it but I hadn’t heard of the book The Go-Giver until brought to my attention by a professional speaker and author named Lisa Earle McLeod (who I also just learned of tonight as well). I just read an article she wrote entitled Mastering the Art of Guilt-Free Giving. Now I am curious about both Lisa and this book that is apparently creating a lot of buzz in the business community. Lisa came onto my radar screen because of her comments about The Go-Giver book on the Huffington Post blog. I am not sure how much of her comments about giving are sarcasm or are in fact the way she feels about giving. I know I’d love to talk to her about that as I do have a different view. Take a moment and read Lisa’s comments. You might also find the review of the Go-Giver on Finance-Weblog.com of interest.  If you have read the Go-Giver, I’d love to know what you think of that too. I like the sound of it …

Tim Richardson is an inspirational speaker who speaks about how giving increases employee morale, lowers employee turnover, increases customer loyalty and creates higher profits for Fortune 500 companies, associations, and national conventions. He is the founder of the The Worlds Biggest Blog Party an event which will connect bloggers from all over the world to raise money for charity. He is also founder and president of the Bill Walter Melanoma Research Fund and co-founder of the Jeffrey Roth Cycling Foundation. Click here for more information on professional speaker Tim Richardson.

Yesterday I attended a funeral for a great man. A man who lived RICH his entire life. The church was packed and the words shared about him spoke volumes about how he gave. It made me think of my legacy and the words I would like spoken at my celebration of life service. It also reminded me something I read years ago in Stephen Covey Seven Habits for Highly Effective People book. Covey asked readers to imagine you were attending your own funneral. There four people spoke about you: someone from you family, a close personal friend, a co-worker and someone from you place of worship or a community group for which you belonged. What would you want each to say? It was a powerful illustration about the importance of living a life that would be worthy of those comments. What do you think?