Category: Motivationals

In an article published on Statista, it showed that Americans use some form of electronics 11+ hours a day. If we are awake 18 hours a day, digital devices consume a tremendous amount of our waking time. I am not sure of the accuracy of the data, but from personal experience, I use some electronics daily […]

I left Florida late in the afternoon driving and headed for Washington State. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon, and I planned to make it to Atlanta before nightfall. As it turned out, there were traffic problems on all significant northbound highways in South Florida, and it slowed me down considerably. Alas, I did not […]

Room 112 – Part II I headed for room 112 confident that I was too tired to care, all I wanted to do was sleep. Nice I thought, on the front of the door was a no smoking sign and I just remembered the landlord mentioned this was a no smoking room. A small victory […]

Recently, I had an opportunity to rewind the tapes of my life and reexamine several events. The reason I did this is that for some odd reason, in my daily reflections, I wondered, if I could go back in time and change one thing in my life, what would it be? I thought that was […]

Today, in a contemplative moment, I chose to stroll on the beach rather than jog. Most mornings, I am pressed for time to get my workout done before heading to the office. But this morning, I strolled to find the perfect seashell. Usually, when I am running, my gaze is on the distant marker, which […]

Over the last 40 years, I had a career in technology. Sometimes, I felt like I was with Babbage holding a flashlight as he moved some huge levers to switch ones to zeros to get his computer to work. At other times, I imagined I had discussions with Grace Hopper about some crawling creature that […]

Recently, I had the privilege of eating a delicious meal at a nice restaurant with a client. I ate my fill and had quite a bit leftover. I asked for a to-go container and took a deep breath. The waiter cleared the table and offered a selection of hot beverages and a variety of desserts […]

How often have you looked at a person and was able to describe the essence of that person in a single word? As an exercise, what single word would you use to represent each of the remaining presidential candidates in both parties? How did you approach the process? What factors lead you conclusively to that […]

In the Atlanta Olympics of 1996, the U.S. Coach Bela Karolyi carried young gymnast Kerri Struggs around the gym after her second vault. Kerri’s second vault was nothing short of amazing. I remembered her courage and determination to just finish what she had started even though she had badly damaged the ligaments in her ankle […]