How Can I Talk to Them When They Don’t Pay Attention?
I read some terrible news this week. Our attention spans are now shorter than the attention span of a goldfish! Please say it isn’t true! Microsoft just completed a landmark study that determined a human’s attention span on average is 8 seconds. A goldfish, on...
Be the Hero
Last week at the Deupree House senior living facility where he lives, Dr. Henry Heimlich performed his namesake medical procedure on a choking victim. The person was 87 year old Patty Ris, also a resident at the Deupree House. A bite of hamburger had gone down her...
Stepping Back to Move Ahead
My hometown Atlanta Braves are terrible this year. I don’t mean that they are bad, I mean they are truly terrible. Some people predict they might lose more games this year than any team has ever lost in the history of professional baseball. That’s a little over...
Becoming Young
When asked why his early works looked so solemn but later works seemed more exuberant & exciting, Pablo Picasso replied: “It takes a long time to become young.” I think the great artist was on to something. I believe it is possible to grow older but...
Take the Limiters Off
On May 6th in 1954, at the Iffley Road Track in Oxford, England, medical student Roger Bannister became the first person in recorded history to run the mile in under four minutes. It had been thought to be physically impossible. But somehow Bannister took the limiters...Subscribe to the Podcast!
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