Tremendous Tracey
so you think you can speak
[caption id="attachment_1518" align="alignleft" width="300"] Charlie “Tremendous” Jones doing what he does best…motivating![/caption]
I routinely ...
chicken little leadership
True leaders love a crisis. It gives them the chance to go through the fires and be molded into something stronger and more powerful. The masses lo...
burned out or fired up?
The lone survivor of a shipwreck washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him and every day he scanned the ...
Success by Association?
We’ve all heard the term guilt by association, but can we be successful by association? The truest leaders are constantly giving of themselves. My...
I Hate My Job
Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.”
― Kent M. Keith
So you hate your jo...
Up from Slavery—The Freedom to Read by Aamir Musharraf
Today, February 1st, we celebrate our freedom to read. On this date in 1865 President Abraham Lincoln signed the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constit...
read to succeed
Books, books, good for the soul
The more you read the more you know.
The more you know, the more you achieve
So read great books, if you want ...
Invasion of the Mind Snatchers
Passion is the element in which we live; without it, we hardly vegetate.
Lord Byron
Growing up I loved Saturday afternoons in the ‘70s because th...
Manipulation with an expectation of vindication
“While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.” Stephen R. Covey
This week international spo...
four things in four years
Four years ago this week I made a decision that I knew was coming for the past 45 years. In the words of ole blue eyes, “I've lived a life that's f...
Are you Slacktose Intolerant?
Offer the lazy an egg, and they'll want you to peel it for them.
- A Proverb
Slacktose intolerance, also called loser phobia and hypomalaisa, is ...
my most blessed christmas ever by charlie "tremendous" jones
I was nine years old and the depression was still in full force. We came from Alabama and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in a little row...
It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel tremendous!
“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
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Deconstructing the Bull
I recently attended a board meeting where the members discussed whether or not the organization should purchase a building. The overwhelming majori...
The dangers of an empty mind
It's not enough that we purge negative people and things from our lives; we have to put something in their places. Nature abhors a vacuum, so unles...
