The O’Toole Chronicles

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas Edison In the world of politics, one of the toughest traits to teach is perseverance, which is defined...

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines an “introvert” as a person whose personality is characterized by introversion and is typically reserved, or a quiet person who tends to be introspective and enjoys spending time alone. After each weekly column I inevitably receive...

When you have less talent and want to succeed against those more talented, what do you do? According to Jürgen Klinsmann, a famous and very successful German soccer player and coach, all you need to do is work harder, have...

It’s probably safe to assume that folks reading this column don’t need a tutorial on Warren Buffett. For those that do, the “Oracle of Omaha” is a 92-year-old who by all accounts is worth $97 billion and is the 7th...

Since I was a child, I had a profound love of movies, and an occasional compelling television series. I don’t need to perform some deep-rooted psychoanalysis to understand that I was running or searching for something outside of the life...