Dad's Daily Quotes

Karl Duncker, a German psychologist, investigated new ways to solve problems. His idea was that we often get stuck in our typical ways of thinking…making it hard for us to see a real solution. This concept, which he called functional fixedness and defined as being a “mental block against using an object in a [...]

Today we have a special guest post from blog reader Bruce Hall: Self-Discipline: Source of Achievement or Self-Delusion? ”No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is [...]

Here’s part 2 of the story. Again, if you know the lecturer, share his or her name with us in the comment section! Enjoy these tips on how to deal with stress: And then he shared some ways of dealing with the burdens of life: 1. Accept that some days you’re the pigeon, and some [...]

I got an email from my Uncle Ron last week. It contained a story that really made me think (I don’t know the author, so if you do, comment and let me know). Here’s the story: A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, “How heavy [...]

Today, I’m happy to share an article specially written for you by Marlene Chism. Marlene wrote Stop Your Drama and specializes in “no drama” communication. Your boss doesn’t listen to your ideas. Your spouse refuses to try to understand. Your employees resist your leadership, and secretly you know you keep doing things you don’t really want [...]

Earlier this week we had some very windy weather.  As I rushed down to the basement floor from my top floor office suite, I could hear the tornado warnings blaring outside. Right before I headed downstairs, I searched my bookshelf for something that would take my mind off of the weather outside and keep me [...]

I grew up in Trenton, a west Tennessee town of five thousand people. I have wonderful memories of those first eighteen years, and many people in Trenton influenced my life in very positive ways. My football coach, Walter Kilzer, taught me the importance of hard work, discipline, and believing in myself. My history teacher, Fred [...]

Today, we have a guest post from, Lisa Hammond! Lisa is best known by her blogger alias, The Barefoot CEO®. Lisa also co-authored one of our newest titles, Oh Thank Goodness, It’s Not Just Me! with BJ Gallagher. In Nevada we don’t have the lottery, we have Mega Bucks—a progressive slot machine game—it may not [...]

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can achieve greatly.” ~Robert F. Kennedy On our Facebook page, I shared a video about some famous failures. After some research, I found some other very interesting facts about people who failed on their way to success: Thomas Edison’s teachers said he was “too stupid to learn anything.” He [...]

We ALL Have Something to Contribute to Life “Someone out there needs you more than you need them!” – Lt. General Hal Moore I remember a day, many years ago, when I had the privilege to meet Alma Powell. “Young or old, you still have something to give to your country,” she said. Now that I’m squarely [...]