November 1, 2019
Joe, a friend and business associate for more than 30 years, passed away a couple weeks ago. I really miss him. He was always there for me with a smile and optimistic words of encouragement or simply a listening ear. Often, we discussed the challenges we encountered as two entrepreneurs with families working in the […]
October 1, 2019
Many times in my life I have faced what I thought was an unsurmountable challenge that I thought I would never be able to overcome. However, a miracle occurred each time to solve the problem and somehow things all worked out. Many of you have probably faced similar obstacles with similar results. Sometimes we take […]
September 1, 2019
I recently attended a retirement celebration for my good friend Dominic Dottavio and his very supportive wife Lisette. For the past 11 years, he has been the President of Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. I met the Dottavios when they first arrived at Tarleton through a mutual friend, John Adams, the inventor of the […]
August 1, 2019
The recent passing of Ross Perot caused me to reflect how this great American, who lived in Dallas, influenced me early in my career. In the early 1980’s I read about this man, whose company, Electronic Data Systems (EDS) was doing fantastic. I was attempting to “peel back the onion” to understand how a man […]
July 1, 2019
As we prepare to celebrate Independence Day, I decided to really think about why the Fourth of July is such a special holiday and to reflect on my own publicly professed life purposes.
