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Performing Without a Safety Net

Be mindful that your safety net doesn’t turn into a hammock, lulling you into complacency. –Bily Joel A few years ago, I had the great honor of performing as the emcee for the DC-area Hispanic Contractors Association Auction and Gala. …

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Keepin’ It Real With Dick Kornblum

We suffer more in imagination than in reality. –Seneca In the mid-90s, I had the distinct pleasure of selling advertising for The American Trucking Associations newspaper, Transport Topics.  My boss at the time was Dick Kornblum, an affable, good-natured septuagenarian…

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A Boo-Boo Pad and a Broken Collarbone

Our backyard trampoline provided endless hours of good clean American fun throughout the young childhood years of our family.  Rim-rattling dunks.  Death-defying double flips.  Spine-tingling seats drops.  We saw it all on display amidst the chaos of the backyard shenanigans. …

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Trampled by a Pack of Elite Runners

I generally find that comparison puts us on a fast track to unhappiness. — Jack Canfield Living in Santa Monica, California in the late 90s was a whirlwind of sunshine, adventure, good times, and good friends.  With views of the…

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“This is Makeable!”

Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated. –Arnold Palmer The game of golf is constantly providing lessons of humility, comradery, and resiliency!  And you never know when one of those lessons will rear up and hug you like a warm…

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“Don’t Give Up Before the Miracle Happens!”

The DC Touchdown Club Awards Dinner is an incredible event honoring the best professional, college, and high school football players in the local region.  It features an all-star cast of ex-Washington Redskin legends, dynamic coaches, and incredibly talented athletes across…

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Are You Hurt Or Are You Injured?

As the calendar flips to the cusp of August, and the scent of fresh-cut grass floats in the air, it can only mean one thing.  Football season is upon us!  And with that, my thoughts turn back to the glorious…

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Turning Sawdust into Gold!

The Rockefeller Family made their fortune in oil.  The Carnegie Family in steel.  And the Berolzheimer Family?  They made their fortune in pencils! The German ancestors of the American Berolzheimers were involved for 40 years during the 1800s in the…

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“I Was So Happy With My Dad That Night!”

Life is about perspective and how you view it over the long haul. Ultimately, you have to zoom out. — Tim McGraw At some point, all of us lose someone close to us.  It is an unfortunate, and sometimes tragic,…

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“Now I Don’t Even Feel the Sting!”

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.  One fails forward toward success. –C.S. Lewis It was quite possibly the largest underground bees nest I had ever seen.  Right under a huge root in the cherry tree in my…

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