by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Dec 8, 2025 | Beating the Odds, Crazy Ideas, Determination Despite the Odds
“A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.” Zig Ziglar 1980 – Buttercup Bakery – Berkeley, California: After six years of waitressing at the Buttercup Bakery, 29-year-old Suze Orman knew...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Nov 17, 2025 | Adversity, Crazy Ideas, Refusing to Quit
“You have been created so that you might make a difference.” Andy Andrews 1951 – Westport, Connecticut: Marion Donovan sat in the product development office of a large paper company. She was meeting with paper companies across the country to show them her prototype...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Nov 10, 2025 | Crazy Ideas, Tests and Trials, Trail Blazer
“There is always a way to do it better. Find it. Nothing will ever be accomplished if all objections must first be overcome.” Thomas Edison May 15, 1850 -Vienna, Austria: Hungarian-born Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis walked to the podium at the Vienna Medical...
