by Rick | Dec 4, 2012 | Blog
I raised my head above the side fender of the old Chrysler just in time to get shot in the eyeball with an extra large rubber band gun. We had been told not to shoot each other with the guns, but we were ten-year-old boys, it was summer, and we had just watched a...
by Rick | Nov 30, 2012 | Blog
“It’s your attitude, not your aptitude, that will determine your altitude.” Zig Ziglar (1926-2012) Dr. Vincent Amanor-Boadu at Kansas State University says, “No one can ever take away from me the power to interpret my circumstance. Even if you take away everything I...
by Rick | Nov 21, 2012 | Blog
“I’ve never had so much fun doing so much good!” a lady said as she thanked me for providing an opportunity for her to volunteer. “I’ve had a lot of fun before, but I wasn’t necessarily being good. This is a blast!” I have spent a great deal of my professional life...
by Rick | Nov 20, 2012 | Blog
I was ten years old when I got my first ventriloquist dummy, a cheap Charlie McCarthy doll that had a string out the back of his neck. Each time I pulled the string to open his mouth, his head jerked back like he was getting rear-ended in a forty-car pile up. It’s...
by Rick | Nov 11, 2012 | Blog, Leadership Series
I approached the old man in the wheelchair and noticed he was blind. His black baseball hat –which sat crooked on his head- read, “Korean War Vet.” He had a bit of a mustard stain on his bright red shirt. Family members, hovering near, described to him what he was...
