“Life has no richer reward for any man than the reward that comes with the knowledge that another – a man, or a woman, or a child – has been given a little start toward health, happiness and success by just a little attention or encouragement on our part.” ~ J.C. Penney
So much to write, so little time. That is the story of the past few days. I met a friend whom I had not seen in fifteen years and thoroughly enjoyed reminiscing and catching up. We remembered how we …

In most organizations there is a hierarchy of management. Performance of the entire organization is directly correlated to the effectiveness of this hierarchy in leading, making decisions, distributing work, and solving complex problems. In our organization management distributes performance based bonuses, adjusts salaries and promotes people to new responsibilities yearly. This year the process has been different from prior years because of different management.
Let us assume Jane the director is responsible for two managers Bob and Joe who in turn are responsible for ten employees each. Mary the top performing …

Couple days ago I was watching a movie about a teacher who turned around a class of troubled kids (classic topic) and remembered my own teachers who made such a difference in my life. Teachers are very special people. My mother was a teacher. I think I understand teachers slightly better because of that.
I have had many teachers but some of them were more than just teachers of a particular subject. They were also role models. I remember the math teacher from my 4th or 5th grade for having the …

After a brief vacation in Jamaica, I am writing about something that has been on my mind during the past few days. We get carried away in our daily activities and often forget to remind ourselves to be thankful for everything we have — our families, our achievements, our happy moments, our good friends and everything else.
Jamaica is not a rich island. People live in fairly poorly constructed “houses” but seem generally happy and very friendly although I heard stories of gang fights, killings, dysfunctional families, and all kinds of …

“Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much are the three pillars of learning.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli
Seventeen years ago, with no electricity and little heat in the middle of a cold winter under candlelight, I started learning the English language. I copied down every word and sentence in hundreds of pages until I could write almost without spelling errors. I used a dictionary to translate thousands of words. I made up sentences using these words so I could understand (or at least imagine) how to use them. I even wrote a …