by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jan 5, 2018 | Never Give Up, Refusing to Quit, Success
In early 2008, Terry and Regina Locklear sat in the office at their sock mill, Emi-G Knitting, in Ft. Payne, Alabama, wondering what the future held for them. The mill was quiet, and except for a few key employees, all the workers were laid off. On the days the plant...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Oct 17, 2017 | Overcoming Failure, Success
No, not that F word – shame on some of you. Fail – it’s a four-letter word that we’re all too familiar with. We worry about doing it, do everything we can to avoid it, and when it happens it makes us feel downright awful about ourselves. It doesn’t matter what...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Sep 26, 2017 | Overcoming Obstacles, Success
Icebergs are formed when huge chunks of fresh water glaciers break off into an ocean. They are commonly found in the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans. Roughly 10% of an iceberg’s volume can be seen above the ocean surface with most of the ice submerged below the...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Sep 14, 2017 | Adversity, Perserverance, Persistence, Success
Nocona, Texas, population 3,033, was once the “Leather Goods Center of the Southwest.” The two-stoplight town, located about 100 miles northwest of Dallas, has been home to a number of boot and belt companies dating back to the cattle drives 150 years ago. Most of the...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Aug 16, 2017 | Rising Above Circumstances, Success, Underdogs
After only one semester at the University of Massachusetts, Roxanne Quimby told her father she was dropping out of school to follow her boyfriend, George, to the San Francisco Art Institute to pursue oil painting. Her father had expected her to get an MBA from the...
