Talking to some friends after church last weekend, one commented, “As we get older, time seems to fly by. I can’t believe 2024 is almost over.” Time is a great equalizer. We all have different talents and abilities. Some people have more money than others. We all have 24 hours in a day to ...
Leadership expert, Dr. John Maxwell says; “Where there is no hope in the future there is no power in the present. Leaders are dealers in hope.” If we have hope we will continue to work toward our goals. Without hope people give up. We see this in athletics. Football scores get very lopsided ...
Last week at the Outer Banks our family discussed relationships. One of our friends has been married four times. A comment made was, “Of course, they married the same type of person all four times.” I remarked, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing…” Lynnda, my wife, ...
This week my wife, Lynnda and I are at the Outer Banks (OBX) with family. We hauled our suitcases and groceries up three floors to where the kitchen and living area of the house is. I am blessed and happy to be able to go up three flights of stairs without assistance. Five years ago, this week ...
Five years ago, I was on the field at Shawnee Park playing in the Kanawha Valley adult soccer league. Running to a moving ball, I planted my left foot, kicked the ball with my right and was down on my back. On the bench, I iced the knee I twisted. Standing up, it suddenly felt like a severe ...
It was 3 o’clock on a quiet Friday afternoon when the phone rang. It was a friend from India we are working with. He sounded desperate. (It was 12:30 AM in India) “Greg, I didn’t know who else to call. We have a client who has a contractor moving in next week to start construction. He ...
October is Breast Cancer awareness month. According to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, in 2024, more than 360,000 people will be diagnosed with breast cancer. A year ago, these were just numbers until my wife, Lynnda was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. They have more meaning to me now ...
There are events in our lives we remember clearly. I was in junior high shop class when I heard President John F. Kennedy was shot and died. I was in Chicago on a job site when the engineer, Alan, drove up and with his southern accent said, “You need to call your mama right away.” Mom told ...
Last week I read a good column on the value of a tree, commercially (wood or fruit), beauty, shade in summer, fun like a tire swing or tree house and ecological benefits including taking CO2 out of the atmosphere and producing oxygen. My neighbor cleared an acre of trees for an eventual ...
It was the first day of my new corporate assignment in a customer’s office. Working for years with this customer in the field and with their management, I knew many of their people in the office. The managers and VPs had real offices. The rest of us were in cubicles. After lunch Ralph, ...