After over 17,000 steps on my walk this morning I happened upon a war memorial in a nearby town. The memorial had a walkway through a little garden containing a sculpture with a fountain that led to a few etched granite panels with different quotes from legendary leaders. After my eight-mile walk, I read the […]
We went LIVE with SOLAR this past week on my building in Northeast Philadelphia at Spike’s Trophies Ltd. YAY! I posted the image above on my social media. It has been a LONG and winding road to get here. The planning process for this started a few years back, at the end of my Leap
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This past weekend I drove two hours to the Delaware Water Gap to climb Mount Tammany on the Appellation Trail. I have started to hike daily in a quest to get back into shape. I wanted to challenge myself with something other than my flat old man morning walks of a few miles or so.
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I was fortunate to be selected to participate in the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business program a half dozen years ago. The program is a free condensed version of a MBA program, sponsored by Goldman Sachs. It is intended to have you come out of the program with a detailed business plan to grow your
Grumpa (me as a new grandfather) is a reformed workaholic who had spent most of his life chasing success and accumulating material possessions. However, as he grew older, he realized that he had missed out on the simple joys of life that money could not buy. He longed to connect with something deeper and more
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Think WE, not just me… that is the motto of the Satell Institute, a leading CEO member organization for Corporate Social Responsibility. I was an invited guest to their semi-annual meeting, which was held at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA. this past week. The title of the half day conference was: Changing Lives Now–Corporate
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Yes, that is me pictured standing on the Pika Glacier at the base of Denali, the highest mountain in North America in Alaska. I had just circled Denali and landed on the glacier in a prop plane. It cost me $500. A cost that made everyone in my traveling group of six couples turn down
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I had a lunch with an employee recently who suggested a book for me to read, which I just completed – The Four Agreements. This is a book by Don Miguel Ruiz that offers a simple yet powerful approach to living a more fulfilling and joyful life. The book outlines four agreements that we can
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I was awarded the pictured “Best Speaker” ribbon shown above after presenting my “Why a First?” speech this week at my Toastmasters group meeting. The evaluations that came back to me after my presentation were very positive. Some of the comments were… “”the message is inspiring” … “great uplifting and encouraging words”… and “very thought
April 20th, 2020: Worked through night (with no sleep) It is 11 p.m. on a Monday night and I’m still at work. I told you I was working 24/7. I received a call from my contact at the call center who informed me they just were awarded the contract for the state of California
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