Last time I wrote about the realities that we all must face before we can learn from loss: Life is difficult… for everyone… and for some more than others. Acceptance of those truths allows us to take the first steps toward dealing with and possibly changing our reality. Unfortunately, many of us make life more…

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William Henry Harrison gave the longest inaugural address of any U.S. President, taking two hours to plod through a whopping 8,445-word speech. Even though the speech was delivered outdoors on a frigid and rainy day, the President stubbornly refused to wear an overcoat or hat. As a result, he caught a cold that developed into…

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COMMUNICATION 101 “Instructions for making a speech: Be sincere; be brief; be seated.” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt In Communication, Speaking Overtime Is a Crime, so…SAY IT SOONER Mark Twain once attended a church service during which the city missionary passionately appealed for donations to aid the community’s poor. “The appeal had so stirred me that…

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