MAY 12, 2023 On Sunday evening at 9:00pm, during the fall of 2001, your Elevator Guy was prepared mentally and spiritually, to be moved to tears with each episode of “Band of Brothers,” an HBO Epic Mini-Series, which was based on historian Stephen E. Ambrose’s 1992 non-fiction book “Band of Brothers.” Ironically, the first episode […]
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MAY 5, 2023 I love the 1967 movie classic, “Cool Hand Luke” and its famous line “What we’ve got here…is failure to communicate.” Luke, played by Paul Newman, is part of a chain gang in a U.S. prison. Unbendable to the will of the warden, he hears the famous quote regularly before being punished. Ironically
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APRIL 28, 2023 Are you growing? If you are not, then you are dying. (Where have you heard that before?) Too many of us assume we will automatically grow if we just hang around and watch other people. Yes, you may find some “Accidental Growth.” But why not try more “Intentional Growth,” by dusting off
APRIL 21, 2023 We all want many of the same things in life, but just don’t know how to go about getting what we want. If you want a happier life, you might want to check your attitude toward life. How optimistic or positive are you a person? This may indicate how happy you may
APRIL 14, 2023 According to John Maxwell “Everything rises and falls on leadership.” Leadership is influence. If people can increase their influence with others, they can lead more effectively. Leadership is a process and not a position. Leadership deals with people and their dynamics, which are continually changing. How can we gain influence with others?
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APRIL 7, 2023 The dictionary tells us that the purpose and ultimate goal of any belief system is to ensure human survival and the passing of your genes. (I have some old jeans that were passed to me.) Intelligence and culture have developed a way for the human being to evolve faster and faster. (Just
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MARCH 31, 2023 Your Elevator Guy is a huge fan of author and speaker Stephen Mansfield. Brother Randy and I have used Mansfield’s great book “Men on Fire” with our Foundational Band of Brothers to keep our young professionals thinking about what it is to be an authentic man and great leaders, along with fighting
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MARCH 24, 2023 Are you resilient? The dictionary says resilience is: “The capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties.” It is toughness physically, mentally, and spiritually. It is the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences and adjustment to external and internal demands life gives us. It is
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MARCH 17, 2023 Who do YOU report to? More than likely someone that has the authority, the right, the power, or the control to give orders, make decisions for your life, and enforce obedience. Who do you listen to, (or fail to listen) in receiving your marching orders? The government? the commander in chief? an
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MARCH 10, 2023 One thing that I am certain is that we all have fears in life and spend an enormous amount of time and energy worrying, fighting, or running from those fears. First, I think it is important to name your fears so that you know what you are afraid of and then be
