Charitable Giving
Give This Blessing To Your Donors
Giving returns a bigger benefit to the giver than the receiver. It expands our hearts… our capacity to love and be loved. Givers always receive the greater blessing. Think about…
Read MoreRewrite Your Own Obituary
A Swedish entrepreneur, who had made millions by inventing and manufacturing dynamite, hadn’t thought much about being remembered. Until… He read his own obituary! In 1888, while reading his…
Read MoreHow Giving Won WWII…
Private philanthropy played a major role in the defeat of Hitler in World War II! Alfred Loomis was a successful entrepreneur in the mid- 1930s, whose foresight and clairvoyance…
Read MoreLessons From Spiderman
In their final conversation before his death, Uncle Ben tells his nephew, Peter Parker (Spiderman’s alter ego) that “with great power comes great responsibility.” Little did Peter know that a…
Read MoreYou Have A Choice!
Disney World is a regular stop for our family vacations because it always delivers a first-class experience and an abundance of choices. As a regular visitor we take great advantage…
Read MoreTo Give Something Now or Not
For centuries there were families that hung in the balance awaiting the king to choose which heir would be the successor. All too often the choice of successor was whispered…
Read MoreHow Much Is Enough…For You?
This weekend my wife sent me to the store with my 8 year-old son and 5 year-old daughter to get new shoes. We came home with shoes, kickballs, football, basketball,…
Read MoreTwo Approaches For Keeping Perspective This Holiday Season
When did you start your Christmas shopping… for the first time it began for many at 4:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving day. It’s no wonder that keeping perspective is increasingly difficult.…
Read MoreThe Cure for "Affluenza"
R.G. Le Tourneau, the inventor of large earth-moving equipment, has inspired many, including my wife and me. His machines represented nearly 70 percent of the large equipment and engineering vehicles…
Read MoreBecause It Is Personal…
At least it should be. Fred and Millie Cargill had been married forty years. Although they both came from what most would consider to be humble beginnings, their families wanted…
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