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Why People Don’t Believe You…

For some, projecting confidence and credibility is second nature. For others, it seems like a foreign language they’ll ne...

  • Playing The Course – Not The Opponent

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    Playing The Course – Not The Opponent

    Let me begin by saying that I am not much of a golfer.  I’ve just never had the time to work on my golfing skills. When business was strong, I had no time to play. When business was not strong, why would I have been out playing golf?  But I have played the game, and at times fairly well, and I re...

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    August 20, 2015

  • The Cost of Being Right

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    The Cost of Being Right

    One of the benefits of being raised by a marine was that I was taught the meaning of courage. My father was a corpsman in not one, but two, wars, and the courage he displayed was beyond imagination.  At an early age, my father demanded that I learn how to be courageous. I was willing to do anythi...

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    April 22, 2015

  • The Fog of Fear

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    The Fog of Fear

    If you haven’t figured it out by now, I’m a movie buff.  At six years old, I would walk with my brother Richard to the Silver Movie Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland and thus began my love for movies. I shared that love with my own kids; one of our favorite outings was a trip to the movies. I’m ...

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    March 4, 2015

  • What Would You Attempt To Do...

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    What Would You Attempt To Do...

    The mind is an amazing mechanism, but it sure can fool you.  Left unchecked, it can convince you of all sorts of things.  When the body is injured, the mind can convince you you’re just fine.  When you hear something that goes bump in the night, the mind can convince you that there’s trouble wher...

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    January 6, 2015

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