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Published September 19, 2013 FoxNews.com Someone just paid David Rees, of Beacon, N.Y., $35 to sharpen a pencil. "I think people think: 'Wow, I can't believe he actually did it,'" Rees said. "I wasn't sure what would happen when I sent this guy my money." Now before you write him off as some con-artist…

you intend to go to work, there is no better place than right where you are; if you do not intend to go to work you cannot get along anywhere. Squirming and crawling about from place to place can do no good. —Letter J. D. Johnston; November 4, 1851 Lincoln, Abraham (2011-10-20). Leadership Lessons of…

In the movie, The Gladiator, which I have never watched because of its R rating for graphic violence there is a scene which I read about which is very riveting. The story centers around Maixmus, a Roman general, who through a maze of events goes from celebrated warrior to caged slave, then to unvanquished…

December 28, 2010 By R. Brad White 4 Comments People outside Christian circles believe Christians are too political; using politics to further a right wing Christian agenda. Christians Using Politics to Further a Christian Agenda People outside Christian circles believe Christians are too political;…

Colin Powell learned a valuable lesson about work early in his life. While working at the Teamsters Hall on soft drink delivery trucks, Powell accepted a job as a porter at a Pepsi bottling plant, not knowing what a porter actually did. The first day on his new job, the future Chairman of the Joint Chiefs…

Recently I read these words in Newsweek magazine from the president of Hyatt Hotels: “If there is anything I have learned in my 27 years in the service industry, it is this: 99 percent of all employees want to do a good job. How they perform is simply a reflection of the one for whom they work.”1…

His Honor the mayor of Latham, Kansas, isn't so sure his new job is much of an honor at all. Nobody filed to run for the office, so Brett Calvin wound up with the job after he was elected with 17 write-in votes in a recent election... Latham residents, it turns out, are passionate about not wanting to…

"That which we persist in doing becomes easier - not that the nature of the task has changed, but our ability to do has increased." Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are no patents; crafts are handed down from fathers to son, or are learned by apprentices; the Athenians are exempted by law from caring for the old age of parents who have failed to teach them a trade. The Story of Civilization II, The Life of Greece, by Will Durant, page 272

In the final analysis, I think the biggest issue is that too often my philosophy of effective leadership loses touch with God's reality. I want so badly to be used by God to fulfill the vision he has given me to facilitate transformation. When there are no overt or measurable indications of such outcomes,…

Failure doesn't mean - "You are a failure," It means - You have not succeeded. Failure doesn't mean - "You accomplished nothing," It means - You have learned something. Failure doesn't mean - "You have been a fool," It means - You had a lot of faith. Failure doesn't mean - "You don't have it," It means…

We are not here to play, to dream, to drift; We have hard work to do, and loads to lift; Shun not the struggle—face it; 'tis God's gift. Be strong! Say not, "The days are evil. Who's to blame?" And fold the hands and acquiesce—oh shame! Stand up, speak out, and bravely, in God's name, Be strong! It matters…

A recent study by researchers David Evans and Terry Lynn Gall concluded that although most Canadian workers viewed retirement as a positive step, only about a third looked forward to it and adjusted well. In fact, 16 percent of those interviewed saw nothing good about it. “We are a society not only obsessed…

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." Albert Einstein

Frederick Beuchner says this about a persons work/vocation: "Your vocation is where your deep gladness meets a world in need." (I chose to mark this verse with this illustration purposefully - whatever one's vocation - we do need a day to REST; to REPLENISH.

My wife asked me this morning, "Whacha doin' today?" I said, "Nothing." She said, "That's what you did yesterday." I said, "I wasn't finished." Mikey's Funnies, 3-17-09

There is a story about a minister who had a strange dream. He dreamt that he had died and was trying to get into heaven. When he approached the pearly gates, St. Peter told him he needed 100 points to get in. Proudly the minister said, "Well, I was a pastor for 43 years." "Fine," said St. Peter, "That's…

Several years ago on an extremely hot day, a crew of men were working on the road bed of the railroad when they were interrupted by a slow moving train. The train ground to a stop and the window in the last car – which incidentally was custom made and air conditioned – was raised. A booming, friendly…

He’s so lazy, his exercise bike has cruise control.

An atheist organization is blasting the U.S. Postal Service for its plan to honor Mother Teresa with a commemorative stamp, saying it violates postal regulations against honoring "individuals whose principal achievements are associated with religious undertakings." The Freedom from Religion Foundation…

By Joshua Rhett Miller A manager at a Massachusetts retail store claims he was unjustly fired after he told a colleague he thought her impending marriage to another woman was wrong. Peter Vidala, 24, told FoxNews.com he was terminated in August from his position as second deputy manager at a Brookstone…

A committee is usually composed of five persons – one does the work, three give him moral support, and the fifth calls the story in to the newspaper. 1800 Quippable Quips, E. C. McKenzie, page 73

After we called for help with our backed-up sewage system, a man in a large truck arrived to pump out the septic tank. As he proceeded with the dirty and difficult task, my mother made some small talk. Then he asked her, “What does your husband do for a living?” “He’s a car salesman,” she replied. “Oh,”…

Don’t worry about the job you don’t like someone else will soon have it. Speaker’s Sourcebook, Eleanor Doan, page 136

Dad tried his best, When I was young To fix in my mind That “as the twig is bent, So is the tree inclined;” And when he laid me across his knee On punishment intent I used to cry, and say “Dad, look out Or I’ll grow up all bent.” And when he’d say, “come on, young man And weed this onion bed,” Just when…