As an active U.S. Army Colonel, Christopher Kolenda — a West Point graduate — led 800 paratroopers in Afghanistan. Six of his soldiers were killed under his command. The loss of his troops and the lessons he learned about effective leadership during his military career are very much on Colonel Kolenda’s mind this Memorial Day. Whether on […]

How to 5X the Underperforming Station in Your Cluster A successful cluster manager was one of 36 people in a class I taught 2 months ago. When we went into Q & A, he asked for suggestions about to do with a poorly performing radio station in his cluster.  He expected me to suggest a […]

MARY: “Ever since the Armistice, the churches have been empty and the dance halls full. You’d think we fought the war for the right to be frivolous.” STEPHEN: “And what did we fight for?” MARY: “Stephen!” STEPHEN: “No, go on, tell me.” MARY: “You know full well!” STEPHEN: “Tell me it was for king and […]

Wouldn’t it be amazing to know whether your business idea is going to be a success before you spend any resources pursuing it? In 1998 Diane Krejci approached Roy H. Williams with a proposal for him to sponsor one of 3 different events for the Buda Lions Club’s annual festival. Instantly a superpower that resides within his […]

Q: Aaron K. writes, Do you believe God is in control to any extent?” A: I believe that God has all power, but his authority on earth is limited to the prayers of his believers. I believe this is what Jesus meant when he said in John chapter 10 that through him – the door […]

(If you click the image above, you move into Questions and Answers) This is the end of our journey together, but you still have horizon before you. May the road rise up to meet you.May the wind be always at your back.May the sun shine warm upon your face;The rains fall soft upon your fields And […]

Young Brian Scudamore had a series of private chats with a man who took $1,000 and turned it into a personal net worth of $3.5 billion. Simon Sinek told Brian his deepest insights the night he slept on Brian’s sofa. In Brian’s new book, you’ll meet an NBA superstar, a past president of Starbucks, a […]

This lovely factoid was sent to our attention by Aaron and Kelsie Kleinmeyer, perfectly normal Wizard of Ads partners who are not strange or weird or unusual at all. They are perfectly normal people, other than the fact that they are social media magicians of the highest order. They own the world’s only other Free […]

Her walk is like whiskey.  Smoky and strong. Shouldering the sensual hint of embers hot.  Swirling shapes that bend and twirl.  Fascinating the mind and seducing the soul.  A scent that stirs the emotion and ferries the mind to the enchanted circle.  The sniff of cedar and mesquite brings the allure of stars at night.  […]

Prairie Monster: A Tale for My Kids We rolled down the iron rails into a setting sun. Centuries worth of cremated prairie grass and creatures protested our passing in clouds of dust. Our steel dragon trudged along spewing its steam of indifference and shaking the earth to its vast core. Some say the prairie reminds […]

Way back in the 50s, when I was but a wee tadpole, my Paps took me fishing on Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River. Don’t recollect what I caught, but vividly remember it was on a big, fat, black lure he called the Arbogast Jitterbug. And ever since I was that crankin’ 5-year-old, there’s never been anything quite […]

Until that night, and oh what a night it was, Genther hadn’t shown much prowess at the plate. First baseman are usually power hitters. Genther was a powder puff. It was a night game in July. The air was still, making the heat even more oppressive and butch wax totally worthless. His folks were there […]

Charlie Brown’s best friend, Linus Van Pelt, clings to his security blanket as he gives his friends wise advice. Dr. Victoria Grady sees this same type of “attachment behavior” stalling the progress of Fortune 500 executives as they try to enter the digital age. Do you have a mental security blanket that is holding you back? […]

Grief struck us, in the deepest dark of night, heralding the news of death.  Like a thunderbolt, it struck without warning, piercing our happy households in an instant – shattering lives. No time to prepare emotions as in an extended illness or an expected loss of an ancient one.  No time for good-byes, no time […]

After reading a book of correspondence between a Zen Master and his followers, I knew I had to meet him. His message was so pure and inviting….and his smile was beaming like a searchlight looking for me.   I found out he would be visiting a Zen center in Chicago and the next day I […]

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Wieners and Beans In March of 2000, Evan Chrapko and his brother, Shane, sold their two-year-old internet business for more than half a billion dollars. Internet.  That’s the key word, right? Unless I miss my guess, right now you’re probably thinking, “So two guys made a lot of money on an internet startup. Big deal. […]

Eli Schwartz was head of SurveyMonkey’s SEO team. Shutterstock, WordPress, Blue Nile, Zendesk and countless others came to him for advice. Eli can tell you how to improve your search engine performance without having to master algorithms, keywords, or any of the other traditional approaches. He and roving reporter Rotbart are waiting for you right now at […]

In the scene from Cool Hand Luke, [Below] Luke just found out that his mother died, so the tone of his performance is tender, soulful, sad—completely unlike the obnoxious and irreverent premiere performance in 1962, which was intended as a parody. Singer-songwriters Ed Rush and George Cromarty wrote the song in reaction to a Christian radio station […]

“Nevertheless, in capitalist countries financial success, for those who succeed as for those who do not, is still, if not a truly satisfying adventure, at least a symbol of adventure. Americans are known for the importance they attach to money, the simplicity with which they say what everything they buy costs them, and their tendency […]

What They Didn’t Teach Me at Oxford, I Learned in Jail In his 3,000-year-old book, Ecclesiastes, King Solomon tells us of the stages and phases of his life, his fads and fancies, his regrets and realizations. Then he gives us his final conclusions and advice. Next to the Good News of John, Ecclesiastes is probably […]

Tim Redmond is not a televangelist. But the owners of small businesses from every religion have come to him for more than 35 years to be taught how to dramatically improve the performance of their businesses. Plumbers, electricians, landscapers, remodelers, and other small business owners come to Tim to learn principles found in The Bible. […]