Calm Under Fire Audie Leon Murphy was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II, receiving every military combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army. Murphy single-handedly held off an entire company of German soldiers for an hour in France, then led a successful counterattack while wounded and out of ammunition. I remember ...
While others poured coffee, I poured orange juice, until a catering employee jerked it from my hand. She abruptly informed me that breakfast wasn’t yet served. The owner of the catering company stepped in and filled my glass. Smiling, she said to me and her associate, “It’s okay. Breakfast will be served soon.” In John 10:12-13 Jesus describes his role ...
In 2001, a local CEO noticed his parking lot virtually empty at 5:00 pm and became incensed. He rashly sent an email to his executive team ranting about their poor performance. He believed that the parking lot should be half-full on Saturday mornings and on most evenings. His email demanded that the work ethic of the company improve or otherwise ...
Before placing anyone in a leadership position, discover their One Thing. Their One Thing is the foundation everything else is built on. Once I find my One Thing, I know who I am. My personal One Thing is my connection with Jesus. That’s the only scalable, sustainable One Thing I’ve found that’s worth living and dying for. Paul taught in ...
Years ago, a business owner called me all excited about our ministry and our desire to promote integrity. He invited me to tour his machine tooling business. Amazingly, this CEO bragged about his integrity and how important ethics were to him throughout the tour. When people constantly promote their own integrity, it can be a smokescreen for trouble. Part way ...
Offering education as a benefit to everyone isn’t always good. A fool doesn’t want to learn. He may only want grades and diplomas so he doesn’t need to think and work so hard. Perhaps the public schools should have a test that discerns the serious learners from the fools, and only offer school to people who are sincere about learning. ...
When I was 16 years old I experienced how two similar department stores could have drastically different cultures. The first department store I worked at was very unstructured and undisciplined with few rules and no accountability. Many employees picked up on the lack of accountability and stole incredible amounts of inventory. The second store had a store manager with stringent ...
According to the Wall Street Journal, Sweden has a shortage of midwives which sometimes results in mothers dying. Despite this, Ellinor Grimmark was blacklisted due to her unwillingness to participate in abortions. Multiple hospitals refused to hire her due to her pro-life beliefs and, a trial court ruled against her. Ellinor could have buckled and participated in abortions, or changed ...
“60 Minutes” did a segment on Fake News that highlighted the dilemma we now face of determining real news from lies. Their report highlighted people who have discovered that making up sensational headlines can make them millions of dollars, even though the news they promote are lies! One expert that was interviewed claimed that virtually anyone can be snared by ...
United Airlines experienced a public relations nightmare in April when a video went viral of a paying customer being dragged off a plane. When Dr. David Dao was asked to leave a flight he had paid for, he refused because he had patients to see the next morning. Dr. Dao was manhandled by security, and injured, then dragged down the ...
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