Since I began delivering newspapers at age 10, I’ve spent time every morning consuming the day’s news. Then, a few years ago I started to notice that I was becoming addicted to news and coincidentally becoming more alarmed about our country and our world.  Each year since then I have read less news from fewer sources.    

People resist change and most are successful at doing so…unless and until something dramatic happens.  Health crises seem to be the most motivating but also losing a loved one can change the course of one’s life, as well. 

“No one cares about your excuses as much as you do. In fact, no one cares about your excuses at all, except you."

What books changed how you think?  The list below is a small but significant sample of the ones that have changed mine.

For me, quotes are collections of words that make me think.  Whether famous or just from friends and family, my favorites cause behavior changes.  Below are from the less famous.

The youngest of our three, Caitlin, and I have talked many times about the effects of watching our older siblings as we grow up.

I’ve been learning about control for a little more than 25 years. My initial work was on myself, and to this day, I strive to consider what I have control over and what I do not. Once I see what is true in a situation bothering me, acting on it saves needless pain.

My career has been a long series of “finding out what people want or need, then giving it to them”.  That, in very few words is how to succeed in business.   

This is a tribute article but more to the future than the past.

My friend and mentor, Rich Clark, passed suddenly at 71 last month. Rich spent the first 18 years of his career as a religion teacher and administrator at Loyola Academy in Chicago, his alma mater. He moved to Cleveland to became principal of St. Ignatius High School where he led a growth spurt for this nationally recognized school.

Thanks to the 150 friends who completed our survey monkey. Your input, which will be summarized next month altered the course we will take starting 1.1.23.  -Tim