Perpetual Adoration » Personal Growth

A Resolution To Commit Suicide?

Harry — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:25:23 +0000

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 few businessmen [...] Read More »

A Dilbert Resolution

Harry — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:15:18 +0000

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 the article, I provided one of the primary reasons most people don’t keep their resolutions – they fail to develop the new habits that are necessary to follow through on the resolutions. [...] Read More »

Habit Gravity & Escape Velocity

Harry — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:18:20 +0000

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 (excuses) as to why they can’t seem get the job done every day, such as, “I don’t have the time” or “I keep forgetting.”

On [...] Read More »

I Owe You What?

Harry — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:48:37 +0000

Two weeks ago in my article, The Wrong Way To Apologize, I gave you four examples of apologies that, in my opinion, were not genuine apologies. In last week’s article, A Genuine Apology, I told you about a recent experience I had where I ended up apologizing to a hotel clerk for the way I treated her after she was not able to fulfill a commitment that was made to me by another employee of [...] Read More »

A Genuine Apology

Harry — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 03:03:40 +0000

Last Month I went to Atlanta, Georgia, for a four day conference. I took a direct flight from the airport in Bloomington (Central Illinois Regional Airport) to the airport in Atlanta (Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport). The flight was scheduled to depart at 6:40 p.m., but was delayed for over ninety minutes. In addition to the long delay, when I arrived in Atlanta, I had to set my watch ahead an hour because of the time [...] Read More »

The Wrong Way To Apologize

Harry — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 03:26:55 +0000

If you’ve been reading my articles for a while, you may have noticed that I have a little bit of an anger problem. Although I’m optimistic by nature and work hard at staying positive, there are certain situations that irritate me and cause me to automatically respond in a hostile way. Two such situations are: (1) when a person who should be listening to me doesn’t listen; and (2) when a person doesn’t do what [...] Read More »

Staples & iPhone Icons

Harry — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 03:04:55 +0000

Earlier this month, I walked into my office and picked up a five-page document that had been placed in my inbox by one of my employees. The pages were stapled together and the first thing I noticed was that only one end of the staple had gone through the stack of papers, while the other end was crushed and clumped together on top of the first page. This was the third time in two weeks [...] Read More »

Lighting Up The Path Ahead

Harry — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 02:32:16 +0000

When I started my law practice, I followed the advice that was given in the book, How To Open Up Your Own Law Practice Without Missing A Meal. The book recommended that I walk into other lawyers’ offices (without an appointment) and ask the lawyers if they had an extra office that was available for rent. If there was an office available, the book instructed that I then ask if I could trade my research [...] Read More »

Let’s Make A Deal

Harry — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 01:22:59 +0000

When I was boy, there was a game show on television called “Let’s Make A Deal.” On the show, a contestant was shown three curtains to choose from. Behind one of the curtains, there was usually a gag prize such as a live mule or a bucket of dirt. Behind the other two curtains were expenses prizes. The object of the game was to choose one of the curtains that had prizes behind it. After [...] Read More »

What Is There To Like About Golf?

Harry — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 06:06:47 +0000

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 golfer. And since [...] Read More »