“Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.” – Samuel Johnson It’s a fine line-promoting hope. On one hand, there’s caution. You want to be aware of risk. Assess it accurately. Anticipate the obstacles and gird yourself to face them. But, sometimes, it sets you back. It causes stress and worry. It fosters indecision. Your assessment of risk pushes you backward. It causes you to pause. So, we promote hope. We remember the challenges we encountered

There is a young woman named Amy Bluel from Green Bay, Wisconsin. In 2013, she lost her father to suicide. To honor his memory, she started a not for profit organization called Project Semicolon. The purpose of the group is to draw attention to the mental health issues faced by many. The semicolon, a punctuation mark, is an interesting symbol to build upon. Here’s the idea: “A semicolon is used when an author could’ve chosen

This is commencement season and I’m aware of the many graduation events being celebrated. I’m a fan of commencement speeches. The Internet is full of them these days. You can Google “commencement or graduation speeches” and have an array of celebrities sharing their thoughts on life. I find it uplifting. I caught Charlie Rose, interviewer extraordinaire giving one the other day. He referenced a short commencement speech by Henry High. Here it is: “Know yourself”

PalletOne hosted a leadership conference on Friday called Leadercast. 60 PalletOne leaders were on hand. The content of the session was a variety of speakers on a satellite feed from Atlanta, GA. We watched in Bartow. The lead speaker Andy Stanley talked about bravery, boldness and organizational change. He noted the common tendency for leaders to quell ideas by cutting them off at the early stages. They do it by saying things like: “That won’t