Blue Collar Executive
Achieve your destiny and be successful at any level by staying rooted in a strong work ethic, determination, and integrity. My Mom and Dad were factory workers and generations before them were farmers or coal miners. My path took me in a business direction, but it was still the work ethics and values of my blue collar roots that helped me reach top executive levels. My Dad was a man of few words, but as I navigated through my career I could always find the answers I needed in the subtle things he said or did. I believe these nuggets can help anyone achieve any level of success they desire and I want to share them. I have written many of these in an unpublished book, but my gift is talking and not writing. So I am going to share them in this weekly podcast in hopes someone finds them valuable or at least entertaining. It doesn't matter what color your collar is. We all have gifts and a purpose. None more important than the other. The important thing is that we all reach our full potential and be the best we can be.
Blue Collar Executive
If You Want Better Neighbors, Be a Better Neighbor
Society defines neighbor as someone living next door just like Facebook defines a friend as someone your connected to. However, just like a friendship is much more than "liking" each other status", being neighborly is more than keeping your dog out of the next door lawn. The fact is a neighbor is not the person residing in the house next to ours, rather our neighbor is whoever is next to us in any moment. This may be a friend, loved one, or stranger.
"When we look for what's best in the person we happen to be with at the moment, we're doing what God does, so in appreciating our neighbor, we're participating in something truly sacred." Fred Rogers