Saturday, January 14th, 2012

During the 1980s and 1990s, I had the great fortune of working with Herman Heilman, a commercial and industrial real estate appraiser. I was introduced to Herman by my Uncle Tony Couri. Herman and Uncle Tony were good friends who went back a long way – Herman was born in 1904, and Uncle Tony was born in 1912. Prior to introducing me to Herman, Uncle Tony told me that Herman was one of the…
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Saturday, January 7th, 2012

In last week’s article,
Habit Gravity & Escape Velocity, I told you about a New Year’s resolution I imposed upon one of my teenage daughters last year. The resolution was for her to make her bed every morning immediately after waking up. In…
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Saturday, December 31st, 2011

Georgette and I still have three daughters living at home with us – Mary (20), Christine (17), and Teresa (15). Although Georgette has asked all three of the girls to make their beds every morning, only one has consistently complied with her request. The other two daughters have expressed various reasons…
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Tags: Bad Habits, Developing New Habits, Habits, New Years Day, Resolutions
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Saturday, August 6th, 2011

Every summer several of my brothers and cousins go to Iowa to play golf for 3½ days. On each of the first three days (Thursday, Friday and Saturday) they play at least 36 holes of golf. The final day (Sunday) they play 18 holes. Then they go home. I hate golf. I could give you multiple reasons why I can’t stand the game, but the truth is, I hate it because I’m a terrible…
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Tags: Dean Jackson, Golf, Prayer, Setting Goals, Time Management
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