“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...
The mayor of Newark said his city’s airport will be “the most modern and best equipped in the nation.” That Newark mayor was Thomas L. Raymond, and the year was 1928. Nearly 100 years later, his inspirational mandate is renewed....
Many of you will wake up tomorrow morning and realize that months, perhaps years, of planning and preparation are about to come to an end – good or bad. We’ve covered a lot of different topics in these columns, but...