Happy Halloween. Today, children and adults all over the country are celebrating All Hallow’s Eve. Many dress up as devils, ghosts and goblins, to honor the dead. Some people go to haunted houses, haunted hayrides, watch horror movies, and tell ghost stories by bonfires. That’s part of the fun of Halloween. There’s even a haunted […]
When things go wrong as they sometimes will; When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill; When the funds are low, and the debts are high; And you want to smile, but you have to sigh; When care is pressing you down a bit Rest if you must, but don’t you quit. Success is failure […]
Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you. -John Wooden
Things that hurt, instruct. -Benjamin Franklin
I love acronyms. Here are some of my favorites… HOPE–Hold On Possibilities Exist FOCUS–Follow One Course Until Success ACE–Action Changes Everything ABC–Always Behave Confidently. ACT–Action Conquers Terror
Well, today is my birthday. I could have taken the day off from blogging…but I can’t. I love it. I enjoy helping others. But the real reason why I can’t is because it is difficult. Let me explain. I’ve been blogging for 1,554 messages and now it is more difficult NOT to blog than it […]
I recently attended the USTA Middle States Hall of Fame Induction Dinner and Auction at the Seaview Hotel and Resort. The inductees were: Louise Gengler Thomas, William Stoner, Jeff Holman, and Dave Haggerty. It was a great event and I enjoyed seeing so many wonderful people in the industry, including my fellow USTA NJ board […]
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Look at a day when you were supremely satisfied at its end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing. It’s when you’ve had everything to do and you’ve done it. -Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of England
One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity. -Bruce Lee