For those baseball fans out there, especially ones that follow the New York Yankees, you may remember their great Hall of Fame catcher, Yogi Berra. Yogi made the All-star team 18 times and played in 10 World Series for the Yankees during his illustrious playing career. Despite being a great player, Yogi was/is probably best […]
Monthly Archives: May 2022
Here is a definition of “Tenacity”: Extremely persistent in adhering to or doing something; stubborn or relentless. If you were to “self-score” your own “tenacity level”, what would that be? I suppose the concept of self-tenacity needs to be broken down to different aspects of our lives. For example, some people can be very […]
There is no one, and I repeat NO ONE, that decides to lose weight and then proceeds to lose weight every week without weeks along the way when the weight goes up. If a person’s weight loss was plotted with weight on one part of the graph and time on the other, a straight line […]
I would bet that pretty much all of us, at various times of our lives, have uttered or heard the expression that included the term “Night and Day”. This term is often used to describe a clear change or difference between two things. Let’s bring the concept of “Night and Day” to the weight […]
One of my favorite movies is the Tom Hanks’ classic, Forrest Gump. The film was released in 1994, won 6 Academy Awards and made almost $700 million in revenue. For those of you that have seen the movie (I have watched it probably over 20 times) there are many poignant as well as funny […]
The great American inventor, Thomas Edison is credited with the famous quote: “ Genius is one percent inspiration and 99% perspiration.” He supposedly said this in 1902, but diving deeper into the origins, in the early 1890’s an academic named Kate Sanborn delivered a series of lectures on the topic “What is Genius?” She defined […]
The Fountain of Youth, a mythical spring, allegedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks or bathes in its waters. Tales of such a fountain have been recounted around the world for thousands of years, appearing in the writings of Herodotus (5th century BC), in the Alexander romance (3rd century AD), and in the stories […]
I believe the overwhelming majority of people enjoy celebrating “milestones”. Some examples include: Celebrating a special birthday, such as turning 21, 30, 40, 50 etc. Passing a certain anniversary of marriage, such as 10 years, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50 Having spent a significant amount of years at a work position such as 20 years, 30 […]
