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Walter the Cab Driver

Uju Onyechere — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:07:58 +0000

Harvey McKay, the author of Swim with the Sharks without Being Eaten Alive!, told a story about Walter, a New York cab driver.

McKay was sitting in a cab waiting for a ride to the airport when Walter … Read the rest

You Have What it Takes

Uju Onyechere — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:25:51 +0000

David MacKenzie Ogilvy was born in the family of a classic scholar and financial broker on June 23, 1911 at West Horsley, Surrey. At age 13 he attended Fettes College, in Edinburgh, and won a scholarship in history to Christ … Read the rest

Look Within

Uju Onyechere — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 09:00:26 +0000

During the Great Depression, a man named Mr. Yates owned a huge piece of land in Texas where he raised sheep before financial problems brought him to the brink of bankruptcy. Then an oil company, believing there might be oil … Read the rest

Friendship and Prosperity

Uju Onyechere — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 05:51:48 +0000

In his book The Transforming Friendship, James Houston told the story of two friends. Albrecht Durer and Franz Kingstein were very poor and had to work to support themselves, training as artists in their spare time. However, their manual work … Read the rest

Forget Instant Gratification

Uju Onyechere — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:17:38 +0000

In the late nineteenth century, a Member of Parliament traveled to Scotland to make a speech. He traveled to Edinburgh by train, and then took a carriage southward to his destination. The carriage, however, became mired in mud. A Scottish … Read the rest