Malcom Muggeridge (1903 -1990) was a noted international journalist, editor, author and media personality. For most of his life he was agnostic… later becoming a Protestant and, near the end of his life, a Catholic. Despite such a diverse spiritual background, some of his greatest rediscoveries involved key Christian teachings – describing his efforts to…
Please excuse my being excited… everyday feels like Christmas to me. And, like Charles Dickens’ ‘Scrooge’, I just can’t help it. And like him, I don’t deserve it. I’ve got a beautiful wife and three kids who love me – despite my worst days. Yet, that hopeful light, still within me, is less bright these…
I don’t know how many have considered the power of one – person, place or thing – to influence, or in my case, totally salvage my life. It’s not something that you can easily point to and say, “Yes, that’s where it happened!” But, you often can remember the people involved. Looking back, I remember…
“There are four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could…
Over the years, I’ve often wondered how it is that little things can make a big difference. Take the words “please” and “thank you” – my dad use to say that civility doesn’t cost you anything; and that you attract more flies with honey than you do with vinegar. If these things are true, then…
I was standing in the bank one day – waiting my turn in line. At the counter, two service employees were trying to explain to an almost frantic customer why it was she couldn’t take money out of her joint account, even though it consisted of mainly her earnings. A couple a places down from…
It was many years ago that a friend told me about a new management opportunity opening up as an assistant store manager. He knew that I had become increasingly unhappy in my present job. I’d enjoyed retailing… starting out as a manager trainee in a large department store and quickly working…
fredparry.ca Hi #1 son, We just talked briefly on the phone re: your appointment at 10AM. (I imagine you would be there now – as I’ve always said, you can do anything in life, except turn the clock back!) Since I was at the computer when you called, I re-read your ‘self-reflection’ university…
I was thinking about family relations or, as my dad used to call them, the ‘in-laws and the outlaws’. Depending on one’s perspective, I think that’s because one side couldn’t do anything right while on the other side, and seem to be saints. Isn’t it funny how we can make allowances for the most outrageous behaviour…
This question made me smile, and since I don’t know in what context it was asked, I’m going to make the leap (Isn’t that the creative prerogative of a writer?) to suggest it has more to do with the business article (Leadership in 2009: A Different Way at Looking at Things) you’ll also find on this…
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