Life Lessons
With Great Mentors, There Are No Excuses
Great Mentors – No Excuses One of my great mentors, Henry Mankin, M.D., was an imposing man, both physically and intellectually. With a Falstaffian frame, broad face, balding crown, thick horn-rimmed glasses, and a full jet-black mustache, he often had a wry smile, but if he was displeased with a student’s performance, the smile rapidly…
Read MoreHow Heroes Motivate Us To Reach For Infinite Possibilities
How Heroes Inspire Us On May 6, 1954, on a cold, damp, and windy day in Oxford, England, Roger Bannister became the most famous athlete on the planet. Why? Because on that day he accomplished what doctors and scientists at that time said was physiologically impossible. He broke the four-minute-mile barrier. Bannister’s record did not…
Read MoreThis Is What Real Courage Looks Like
Real Courage Doesn’t Have To Be Huge Uncle Whiz stood 5’7” and weighed 145 pounds dripping wet. You might not think he would be the most courageous man a teenager would meet. But he was. “Whiz” was short for Isadore. He was my mother’s brother and one of my favorite relatives. He always took me…
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