Overcoming adversity usually causes us to think of people responding to a bad start in life, or conquering serious challenges arising from situations they find…
Tomorrow will be the 182nd anniversary of William Wilberforce’s death. His crusade to abolish slavery is a remarkable example of the power of perseverance. Wilberforce was…
When experiencing adversity of some sort, it’s often difficult to find things to have gratitude for. That’s when we need to have faith that “This…
It’s Friday, I must write a blog post today, it’s on my schedule and I am committed to doing it before I move on to…
This post is an important milestone, the 500th on this blog.The first post was published on 19 April 2009, just over 6 years ago. That…
This post will look at perseverance, success and the domino effect, but first an explanation. Last year my strategy was to publish two posts a…
A recent reference in the OMFG forum on Google + to a persistent NASCAR driver interested me so much that I decided to move…
I bought myself a Christmas present on Amazon, the book “The Obstacle is The Way” by Ryan Holiday. It arrived on Friday, I finished it…
A new month and time for a new topic. I won’t be writing about Halloween because I grew up on the other side of…
The posts in October have all dealt with reasons why it is difficult to focus in our constantly connected society full of distractions. It might…