Monthly Archives: April 2022

Legendary golfer Arnold Palmer was refreshingly modest about his success. He won hundreds of trophies and awards, but never displayed them publicly. The one trophy in his office: a battered little cup he received for his first professional win at … Continue reading →

For those of you celebrating Easter – Happy Easter — have a joyous holiday!! And for those of you celebrating Passover – Happy Pesach! Here’s a lovely poem by A.E. Houseman from A Shropshire Lad: Loveliest of trees, the cherry … Continue reading →

Audiobooks, fueled by the pandemic, have exploded as a channel for reaching more readers and boosting book sales. People love listening to novels and how-to guides—as the growth of this category demonstrates. What goes into making an audiobook? In a … Continue reading →

“The supreme accomplishment is to blue the line between work and play.” Arnold Toynbee Today, April 14, is the birthday of Arnold Toynbee, the world-renowned English philosopher and writer—he was born in 1889. Taking the long view of history was … Continue reading →

Harry Bullis, the former chairman of the board of General Mills always gave his salespeople some simple, but powerful, advice: “Forget about the sales you hope to make and concentrate on the service you want to render.” The moment people’s … Continue reading →

Life is more fun when you play games.Roald Dahl “Creativity is intelligence having fun.”Albert Einstein Sometimes our muse needs a little cajoling to sprinkle fairy dust on our pages and inspire us to new heights of creativity. When wooing a … Continue reading →

“Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils when sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of. Jonathan Swift, … Continue reading →

Since April is National Poetry Month, I’m launching our the weekend with one of my favorite poems—enjoy! Daffodils by William Wordsworth I wander’d lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o’er vales and hills,When all at once, I saw a … Continue reading →

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”   William Wordsworth Today, April 7, is William Wordsworth’s birthday; the beloved Romantic poet was born in 1770. I always think of him wandering among green and growing fields and flowers. Since … Continue reading →

“We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.” Aristotle Consistency often gets a bad rap. “Conforming to a regular pattern; unchanging”—that’s how my handy Compact Oxford Dictionary defines it. Now, some … Continue reading →