We recently had a fabulous wedding weekend at a place Margie and I call our “Farm” near Skaneateles Lake in upstate New York. The Farm is a five-acre plot of land, mostly lawn, with a house and a few outbuildings where we store family cars, boats, and other equipment when we aren’t in town. Because […]
A Message from an Associate
On my 80th birthday this month, I left the company a morning email message—as I’ve done almost every day for more than 20 years—sharing my thoughts about entering my ninth decade. Some people have asked me if it’s a burden to come up with a morning message every day. It really isn’t, because it keeps me […]
Love is the Answer. What is the Question?
Today I’m finishing up my five-part blog series on the nine elements of love as conceived by Henry Drummond, a 19th century author, in his book The Greatest Thing in the World. Drummond based his nine elements of love on the “love passage” from the Bible—1 Corinthians 13:4-8. We are on Drummond’s seventh element of love, which […]
The Unselfishness of Love in Action
Time for Part 4 of my “Elements of Love” series based on Henry Drummond’s nine elements of love from his book The Greatest Thing in the World. Drummond’s sixth element is Unselfishness. Here’s what he writes about it: “Love as unselfishness never seeks its own to the harm or disadvantage of others, or with the neglect of others. […]
The Humility and Courtesy of Love
If you’ve been reading my blogs, you’ll know this is Part 3 of my series about the nine elements of love as written by Henry Drummond in his book The Greatest Thing in the World. We are on the fourth element, which is Humility. Drummond wrote: “Love as humility does not promote or call attention to itself, is […]
Defining Love, Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of my continuing discussion on love! The second element of love according to Henry Drummond is Kindness. In The Greatest Thing in the World, he writes: “Love as kindness is active. Kindness seeks to be useful. It not only seizes on opportunities for doing good, but also searches for them.” A lot of […]
Defining Love, Part I
Have you ever been to a wedding and heard someone read this message? “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love […]
Happy Families Are No Accident
Years ago, Peter Drucker said “Nothing good happens by accident—put some structure around it!” So if you want something good to happen, put some structure around it. This doesn’t just apply to business; it’s also for family life. I can name several traditions that are perfect examples of Drucker’s line of thinking. Like many families, […]
Love versus Stuff
Over the past week, those of us living in southern California have had a whole new complication thrown into our busy holiday schedules: wildfires. For me it’s a reminder of the lesson I learned ten years ago, when our long-time family home burned to the ground in the massive Witch Creek fire of 2007. The […]
Remembering Stephen Covey and Zig Ziglar
Two great men who were mentors and friends to me passed away this year—Stephen R. Covey in July and Zig Ziglar just this past week. I’d like to share a few thoughts about these wonderful guys. Stephen Covey was a devoted husband to his wife, Sandra, and dedicated father of nine, grandfather of fifty-two, and […]
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