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 I have written many of these in an unpublished book, but my gift is talking and not writing.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
I Am There
I often receive requests to read poems, letters, and even eulogies. However, I have never received one that touched me as this poem did. It was sent to me anonymously and was exactly what I personally needed. I did my very best to honor the beautiful words and hope it fills your heart as it did mine.
No matter what your beliefs are, none can deny there is a greater power within us, around us, and beyond us. When asked who he was, Jesus simply answered "I am". Not I was, or I will be, but I am. Because he is the same yesterday, today and forever. This assurance of knowing that I am not in this journey alone gives me great comfort and joy.
On August 7, 1971, the poem “I Am There” was famously carried to the moon by Apollo 15 astronauts James B. Irwin, David R. Scott, and Alfred M. Worden. Stored in a microfilm file, the poem was intended to be left there for future space explorations.