Randy Pausch, the Last Lecture

Celebrations July 25th, 2008

The lake was beautiful tonight. We cooked out on the grill, boated on a glassy body of water, caught up with old friends and watched the evening sky come alive with color. On the way home, I gave my son a lecture…a short lecture. But certainly not his last. My “lecture” was on the power of [...]

The Last Lecture

Uncategorized July 25th, 2008

The lake was beautiful tonight. We cooked out on the grill, boated on a glassy body of water, caught up with old friends and watched the evening sky come alive with color. On the way home, I gave my son a lecture…a short lecture. But certainly not his last. My “lecture” was on the power of [...]

Great Books

books May 13th, 2008

Recently, at a speech for NAIFA Georgia, several of the participants recommended some of their “RICH” reads. These are books that impaced them and their business.  Check them out and add your suggestions.
It’s Easier to Succeed Than to Fail by Truett Cathy (founder of Chick-fil-A)
The Psychology of Winning by Dennis Waitley
What Makes the Great Great [...]

The Last Lecture

Motivational April 8th, 2008

 
The headline in today’s Life Style section of USA Today is Randy Pausch’s Life, ’Lecture’ goes from Web to book. If you read NOTHING else today, read that article. It’s an update on Randy Pausch for whom I posted in my Living Rich blog last fall. The Carnegie Mellon professor, who is dying of pancreatic cancer, has just released a [...]

Randy Pausch: Just want the Doctor ordered…

Motivational, Uncategorized September 25th, 2007

During a recent routine annual physical, my doctor noticed some swelling in my stomach. That led to x-rays, a sonogram, and then last Friday a HIDA scan. It looks like a pretty good possiblity that I will be selling my gall blader on ebay.
When doctors start having to look carefully in places inside your body, one can’t help but wonder. I [...]