Author: alby59

This time I hope you will ponder over the words of educator Jeffrey R. Holland as you watch the following video: I hope to receive some comments back. adf

I came across an interesting article by Kevin Carmichael, who writes for the Globe & Mail, titled “Welcome to the New Normal”. In it, Kevin reviews some statements by Pimco (Pacific Investment Management Co.) on the status of the global economy and the recent recession/depression. Pimco manages $1-trillion in assets, including the biggest mutual fund (Bill Gross…

You may not be familiar with the 90/10 principle. And you may ask yourselves ‘what has this to do with road safety?’. Here’s how it works (as shared by Stephen Covey), and then I’ll give you the connection to road safety. “What is this principle? 10% of life is made up of what happens to…

In a recent address, Dieter Uchtdorf, ex Vice President Operations for Lufthansa, and now a prominent religious leader made the following statement: “I am deeply impressed by the way my family worked after having lost everything following World War II! I remember my father—a civil servant by education and experience—taking on several difficult jobs, among…

I found the following video on a literacy moodle. It will take only 5 minutes of your time to view but it will change your perspective of modern life. Enjoy it! adf

To complete my sharing of Dr. Covey thought, I wish to conclude this miniseries with the following thoughts. “You can imagine this scene, you come across this person and he’s sawing down a tree. You come up to him and you say, “Boy I bet that’s tough” “Really tough” “How long have you been doing…

I have been away, but here’s the second and final part of Dr. Covey’s Private Victory discussion. “Synergy is the fruit, the spirit of win-win, of mutual benefit, mutual respect and of mutual understanding through communication, through listening to each other genuinely. In fact, in life public and private victory’s are going on continuously all…

In continuing with the work of Dr. Covey, if you are familiar with his book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, you are then familiar with the division between public and private victory. The public victory represents those habits that involve other people. If you are setting goals, try to have a support team…

Continuing with Stephen Covey’s paradigms, I wish to offer what he calls the habit of ‘Beginning with the End in Mind’. He stated: “As you read this think about your goals. What are some of the small promises you can keep right now to help lead you towards achieving them? Do your goals help connect…

Without a plan or a direction I would feel lost in life. In my line of work, I need to plan at different levels and follow up and adjust and align as I proceed. A good land use plan needs a comprehensive vision of where we wish to see the community 20 or 30 or…