This is one of my favorite stories, because of the principles revealed. Based on a true story, it has been told with many versions. Years ago, when the first diamonds were being discovered in Africa, diamond fever spread across the…
This is a guest post by Kimanzi Constable. He is a former bread delivery driver turned best-selling author, international speaker and life coach. His passion is to help family men and woman live life by their own design and create a freedom based…
In honor of Valentine’s Day, I’m sharing one of Joanne and my favorite quotations about friendship: “Oh, the comfort — the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person — having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring…
I never purchase the sensational magazines in the grocery checkout lane. But I do sometimes glance at the headlines. Recently I saw yet another famous celebrity couple announcing their split with the title – ‘Our Careers kept us apart’. Give…
Over the weekend Joanne was flipping channels and happened on to the beginning of the 1998 movie, You’ve Got Mail with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. In the movie Joe (Tom) opens one of his big bookstores right across the…
This is a guest post by Zechariah Newman. Zechariah is a Figaro’s Pizza franchisee, writer, and speaker. You can follow him on Twitter or Facebook. If you’d like to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. You aren’t good enough. You…
It seems that every day I hear from someone who is starting another non-profit business or ministry and wants me to contribute money. And along with that, there is usually the implication that the non-profit has a higher calling and…
Last summer Joanne and I attended a wedding on Hilton Head Island. The young couple had a beautiful ceremony out on a dock, just as the sun was setting. They had new degrees with student loan debt, new jobs (neither…
Joanne and I have a tradition of watching the 1994 movie Little Women while we put up our Christmas tree and decorations. Jo (Winona Ryder), the main character, is a creative, energetic young woman who is finding it difficult to do…
Okay – it’s getting close. Last year we introduced a new event called Innovate – for creative people to discover ways to release and prosper from their talent. We have not allowed any registrations for the dates for this year…