by Ray Waters | Jul 13, 2016 | Achievement, Blog Post
“I’m going to go for it Ray. You’ll see.” Great, I am excited for you. “Ray, You are going to watch my smoke. I am going to crush this.” Wonderful. I believe in you. “Ray, my time is now. I am ready to finally step up and be the leader I have always felt I was...
by Ray Waters | Jul 11, 2016 | Blog Post, Family, Uncategorized
Jane and I spent the afternoon yesterday with our kids, their spouses and our eight grandkids. That doesn’t happen often since our oldest son Ray, his wife, Jenn and their four children live in sunny Southern California. All of us in the same place at the same time...
by Ray Waters | Jul 8, 2016 | Blog Post, Uncategorized
“The world is going to hell in a hand basket!” It might not be stated exactly like that, but I have heard that mantra or something similar almost every day of my adult life. There’s only one problem. It’s not so. For every bad thing that is happening in our country...
by Ray Waters | Jul 7, 2016 | Blog Post, Leadership
When Pulse, the gay nightclub in Orlando was the target for the most recent mass shooting, my heart broke for the precious young people who died that night. But also, my heart hurt for my LGBTQ friends who were grieving the fact that their group, family, tribe had...
by Ray Waters | Jul 6, 2016 | Achievement, Blog Post
I was eating dinner with my wife and mother-in-law recently when we began talking about how some people really excel in the early stages of dating. They pull out all the stops when they begin courting but after they close the deal and get married they cannot sustain...
by Ray Waters | Jul 5, 2016 | Achievement, Blog Post
Everyone wants to be free. But freedom is not the right to do whatever you want. Nor, is freedom the right to not have to do anything at all. Real freedom comes by your willingness to pay a price and it always has a price. Many dream of being free from the job they...