Explore the Sunday Poem archives here. Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front Wendell Berry Love the quick profit, the annual raise, vacation with pay. Want more of everything ready-made. Be afraid to know your neighbors and to die. And you will have a window in your head. Not even your future will be a mystery any more. Your mind … [Read more...]
Sunday Poem: Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front by Wendell Berry
October 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Meritocracy is Elitism
October 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Oliver DeMille Modernism dislikes all types of elitism-- except for meritocracy. When elite status is merited, according to this view, it is a good thing. In such a society, our elites are: “…made up for the most part of bureaucrats, scientists, technicians, trade-union organizers, publicity experts, sociologists, teachers, journalists, … [Read more...]
Brother Beck Jumps the Shark
October 3, 2011 by 2 Comments
For sheer entertainment, Glenn Beck is at the top of his game. His characteristic sarcasm, his irreverent, over-the-top humor and his undeniable passion have propelled him to rightful status as a top talk radio personality. Beck is reminiscent of a young Rush Limbaugh, who tackled the topics others dared not and gleefully skewered every … [Read more...]
Sunday Poem: A Walk by Rainer Maria Rilke
October 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Explore the Sunday Poem archives here. A Walk Rainer Maria Rilke My eyes already touch the sunny hill. going far ahead of the road I have begun. So we are grasped by what we cannot grasp; it has inner light, even from a distance- and charges us, even if we do not reach it, into something else, which, hardly sensing it, we already are; a … [Read more...]
The Popular but Losing Business Growth Strategy
September 30, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Kevin Mogavero The other day I had a great conversation with a small business owner who told me a captivating story about his experiences with referrals and referral groups. In short, his ‘give vs. receive’ referral ratio was in the 2% to 3% range. In other words, he wasn’t getting a whole lot for all that he was giving. Anyone who … [Read more...]
Property and Freedom
September 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Oliver DeMille We can learn a lot about freedom by understanding how Marx wanted to establish communism. One of his ten planks of establishing communism was this: 1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes… Take away property and you take away freedom. If a man or woman cannot own land, a … [Read more...]
Sunday Poem: A man saw a ball of gold in the sky; by Stephen Crane
September 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Explore the Sunday Poem archives here. A man saw a ball of gold in the sky; Stephen Crane A man saw a ball of gold in the sky; He climbed for it, And eventually he achieved it – It was clay. Now this is the strange part: When the man went to the earth And looked again, Lo, there was a ball of gold. Now this is the strange part: It was a … [Read more...]
Quitters, Campers, & Climbers
September 23, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Orrin Woodward In the journey of life, a person has three choices before him. Does he quit, camp or climb? The answer to this question directs the rest of his outcomes. Here is a portion of my new book RESOLVED: 13 Resolutions for LIFE. Which of the three choices have you picked? Sincerely, Orrin Woodward Doctor Paul Stoltz … [Read more...]
What My Dad Taught Me About Legitimate Pain
September 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment
My dad has been gone for 21 years. That’s nearly half my life, yet sometimes it seems like an eye-blink. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve encountered him in my dreams and seized precious moments to say what needed to be said only to wake up to the reality of his absence. One of the greatest lessons my dad taught me during his short 56 … [Read more...]
Disciplined Optimism
September 19, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Kevin Mogavero In reading through the book, Conquer the Chaos by Clate Mask and Scott Martineau, I found a great concept called Disciplined Optimism. Have you ever used positive affirmations, and put all of your belief into a particular outcome that you wanted, only to be disappointed? This is called blind optimism. When blind … [Read more...]
